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Dirgham al-Lakhmi

الملك المنصور ضرغام

1164 CE · 559 AH

Dirgham b. Sawar al-Lakhmi (d. 559) — al-Adid's vizier who broke Shawar and drove him to Syria; killed when Shawar returned with troops, his head paraded on a lance, and buried at Birkat al-Fil 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Summary

Al-Malik al-Mansur Abu'l-Ashbal Dirgham b. Sawar al-Lakhmi; he rose against the vizier Shawar in al-'Adid's days, gathered great hosts and contested the vizierate, routing Shawar to Syria. 1

His end

When Shawar returned from Syria with the armies, Dirgham went out from Cairo and was killed at the shrine of Sayyida Nafisa; they cut off his head, paraded it on a lance, his corpse lay three days then was buried by the Elephant Pool, and a dome was built over him. 1

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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