Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasir al-Dawla

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Abu Abdallah al-Husayn
Emir of Mosul
Reign989–990
Co-rulerAbu Tahir Ibrahim
Names
Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasir al-Dawla
DynastyHamdanid
FatherNasir al-Dawla

Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasir al-Dawla was a

Uqaylids, he entered the service of the Fatimid Caliphate
.

Life

Family tree of the Hamdanid dynasty

Al-Husayn was a younger son of the founder of the

Adud al-Dawla, who finally captured Mosul in 978 and forced Abu Taghlib to flee to Syria.[2][3] Al-Husayn, however, along with his brother Ibrahim, apparently submitted to the Buyids and entered their service,[1] or were possibly kept as hostages in Baghdad.[4]

During the 980s, Mosul was threatened by the

Banu Numayr for assistance.[4] This threatened Buyid control of the area as much as the Kurds, and in 989, the new Buyid emir, Baha al-Dawla, allowed the Hamdanid brothers to return to Mosul, in the hope that their local ties would mobilize opposition against Badh, and keep the Arab tribes reined in.[5][6]

The Hamdanids were indeed received with enthusiasm by the local population, to such a degree that they rose in revolt and expelled the Buyid governor from Mosul.

Nisibis, and Balad (north of Mosul), in exchange.[7][8] Exploiting the turmoil, Badh attacked Mosul in the next year, but was defeated and killed by the numerically inferior Uqayl forces under al-Husayn in battle near Balad.[1][7] A Hamdanid counter-offensive followed in the region of Amida against Badh's successor, Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Marwan, but failed to score any success. Indeed, al-Husayn was taken prisoner during the campaign.[1][7] His brother Ibrahim fled to Uqaylid-held Nisibis, where Muhammad took him and his son Ali prisoner and killed them. The Uqaylid dynasty thus usurped the Hamdanids as emirs of Mosul.[7][9][10]

Al-Husayn was released shortly after, through the intercession of the

Emirate of Aleppo, ruled by the Syrian branch of the Hamdanid dynasty: al-Husayn was intended as governor of the city, should the Fatimids manage to conquer it.[7] Throughout the early 990s, the Fatimids tried to conquer the city but failed, in large part due to Byzantine intervention.[11] In 996, shortly before al-Aziz's death, al-Husayn was appointed governor of Tyre, and tasked with suppressing the city's revolt.[12]

His grandson,

Abbasid allegiance, but was murdered along with his brother in 1072/3.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Canard 1971, p. 128.
  2. ^ Canard 1971, pp. 127–128.
  3. ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 271–272.
  4. ^ a b Busse 2004, p. 72.
  5. ^ a b Kennedy 2004, p. 272.
  6. ^ Busse 2004, pp. 72–73.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Busse 2004, p. 73.
  8. ^ Kennedy 2004, p. 295.
  9. ^ Canard 1971, pp. 128–129.
  10. ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 273, 295–296.
  11. ^ Kennedy 2004, pp. 324–327.
  12. ^ Gil 1997, pp. 369–370.
  13. ^ Canard 1971, p. 129.

Sources

  • Busse, Heribert (2004) [1969]. Chalif und Grosskönig - Die Buyiden im Irak (945-1055) [Caliph and Great King - The Buyids in Iraq (945-1055)] (in German). Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
    ISBN 3-89913-005-7
    .
  • OCLC 495469525
    .
  • ISBN 0-521-59984-9
    .
  • ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7
    .
Vacant
Buyid rule
Title last held by
Abu Taghlib
Emir of Mosul
989–990
With: Abu Tahir Ibrahim
 Succeeded by
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