Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- General
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Al-Hajjaj b. Hurmuzqana, Abu Ja'far the commander; Baha' al-Dawla's deputy over Iraq, tasked with war on the Arabs and Kurds, a leading figure in 'Adud al-Dawla's days and his sons' — versed in war, valiant, of great majesty and sound judgement. 1
Death
When he left Baghdad in Ramadan of the year *92, sedition broke out there and security scattered; he died at al-Ahwaz in Rabi' I 400, aged a hundred and five. 1
Connections
- Died in
- al-Ahwaz
People and things also explored
The sack of al-Ahwaz, 421· Conquest of al-Ahwaz, Manadhir and Nahr Tiri (16 AH)· The Zanj Enter Ahwaz· Abu Ghalib the vizier· al-Hasan ibn Makula· al-Ahwaz
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.7 p.248
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “الحجاج بن هرمزقنة أبو جعفر القائد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hajjaj-ibn-hurmuzqana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.