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سلامة حاجب القاهر

سلامة حاجب القاهر

932~ – 934~

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Al-Qahir's chamberlain; al-Suli says the caliph was reckless, blood-shedding, ill-mannered and wine-addicted — 'had it not been for the excellence of his chamberlain Salama, he would have ruined tillage and progeny' 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate

Life in time

850875900925950975100010251050 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mun'im ibn Ghulbun · Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi · 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sufyan · Abu Ahmad al-Askari · Abu Ahmad al-Musawi

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Sawl

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Overview

Salama, chamberlain of al-Qahir billah. al-Suyuti quotes al-Suli that al-Qahir was reckless and a shedder of blood, and that had it not been for the good qualities of his chamberlain Salama, he would have destroyed the crops and the people. This is al-Suli's judgement, as al-Suyuti transmits it 2.

Ibn al-Athir reports that he was taken captive together with the vizier al-Khasibi on the day al-Qahir was deposed, in the year 322 AH 3.

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People and things also explored

Muhibb Allah ibn Abd al-Shakur· Musa al-Hajjawi· Nasir al-Din al-Laqani· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, al-Sadr al-Shahid· Vusuli Celebi· Sawl

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 599-600
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.599-600
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.210
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Muhibb Allah ibn Abd al-Shakur

Muhibb Allah ibn Abd al-Shakur, of Bihar in India, a Hanafi jurist and usuli who was a verifier. The emperor Aurangzeb appointed him judge of Lucknow and then of Hyderabad, and later chief of the Indian realms. His work Musallam al-thubut is on usul al-fiqh.