State890–1004
Hamdanids
Arab dynasty of the Banu Taghlib that ruled Upper Mesopotamia from Mosul and northern Syria from Aleppo. Its best-known members were the brothers Nasir al-Dawla, master of Mosul and in 942–943 of Baghdad, and Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (944–967) and the leading opponent of the resurgent Byzantine Empire. The Mosul line lost its lands in 990, and the emirate of Aleppo, a Byzantine tributary from 969, passed out of Hamdanid hands in the early 11th century.
- Dates
- 890 – 1004
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.)
Events
- The Buyids take Baghdad19 December 945 · Middle East and Egypt
- Sayf al-Dawla's Aleppo: al-Mutanabbi and the Hamdanid emirate29 October 944 – 8 February 967 · Middle East and Egypt
Often together with
Abbasid CaliphateAl-FarabiAl-MutanabbiBuyidsByzantine EmpireIbn HawqalIkhshididsMu'izz al-DawlaNikephoros II PhokasSayf al-Dawla