Ibn Hanzaba

Abu'l-Fadl Ja'far ibn al-Fadl ibn Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Furat, known as Ibn Hanzaba; vizier of the Banu'l-Ikhshid in Egypt through Kafur's rule; when Kafur died he held sole vizierate and state management for Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn al-Ikhshid over Egypt and Syria, seizing and confiscating many men of state — among them Ya'qub ibn Killis, vizier of al-'Aziz al-'Ubaydi; then affairs turned against him — he hid twice and his houses were plundered until he was seized in the days of Abu'l-Hasan ibn 'Ubaydallah ibn Tughj, lord of Ramla. ¹