At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Salih ibn Mirdas al-Kilabi, amir of the Banu Kilab and founder of their state in Aleppo, the Mirdasid dynasty 2.
Rise to power
His rule began with the lordship of al-Rahba, after Ibn Majkaln, its lord, was killed and he seized his property. He established the call for the Alids in Egypt. He then marched to Aleppo and took it from the hands of Ibn Sha'ban al-Kutami, and he besieged him in the citadel until Ibn Sha'ban sought his protection, in the year 424 AH. His rule then extended from Baalbek to ʿAnah. The text reads "عنه" here, which needs to be checked against the source 2.
His death
He was killed in the year 429 AH at the Battle of Tiberias, together with Anushtakin, commander of the armies of al-Zahir of Egypt. His son Nasr, Shibl al-Dawla, escaped. 429 AH is equated with 1038 CE by derived conversion 2.
Connections
- Fought by
- Anushtakin al-Dizbiri
- Founder of
- Mirdasid dynasty
- Participated in
- The battle of al-Uqhuwana and the killing of Salih ibn Mirdas
People and things also explored
The battle of al-Uqhuwana and the killing of Salih ibn Mirdas· Anushtakin al-Dizbiri· Tabariyya (Tiberias)· Mirdasid dynasty
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 214-215
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “صالح بن مرداس أسد الدولة الكلابي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salih-ibn-mirdas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-20.