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Ali ibn al-Junayd al-Iskafi, a boon-companion and jester of al-Mu'tasim. Al-Mas'udi relates some witticisms from his sessions, among them that he sent his greetings to the caliph's slave-boy Sandan and said that he had seen al-Mu'tasim before the boy saw him. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 441-442
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.441-442
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islam.museum contributors. “'Ali ibn al-Junayd al-Iskafi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-ibn-al-junayd-al-iskafi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.