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- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
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Life in time
Summary
The ustadh Abu'l-Futuh Barjawan, after whom Cairo's Barjawan quarter is named; among the servants and state-managers of al-'Aziz of Egypt, effective and obeyed. He took charge of the kingdom's affairs in Ramadan 387 and was settled under al-Hakim over Egypt, the Hijaz, Syria, the Maghreb and the East's provinces — he was black. 1
His estate
When he was killed he left a thousand silk-lined dubayqi trousers and uncountable garments, furnishings, instruments and books. 1
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Barjawan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/barjawan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.