Hamdanid Emirate

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The Hamdanid Emirate was a 10th-century Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of northern Mesopotamia and Syria, noted for its military resistance against Byzantium and its patronage of Arabic literature and culture.

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Label Occurrences
Hamdanid Emirate canonical 1
Hamdanid dynasty 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty
medieval state
capital Aleppo NERFINISHED
Mosul NERFINISHED
conflict Arab–Byzantine wars NERFINISHED
continent Asia
culturalPatron Sayf al-Dawla NERFINISHED
culturalSphere Arabic literature
Arabic poetry
dynasty Hamdanid dynasty NERFINISHED
endTime 11th century (Mosul branch)
late 10th century
ethnicComposition Arab NERFINISHED
foundedBy Hamdan ibn Hamdun NERFINISHED
governmentType hereditary emirate
historicalPeriod 10th century
language Arabic
militaryLeader Sayf al-Dawla NERFINISHED
militaryStrength frontier ghazi warriors
namedAfter Hamdan ibn Hamdun NERFINISHED
notableFor court culture in Aleppo
military resistance against the Byzantine Empire
patronage of Arabic literature
patronage of Arabic poetry
notableRuler Abu Taghlib NERFINISHED
Nasir al-Dawla NERFINISHED
Sayf al-Dawla NERFINISHED
opponent Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED
Ikhshidid dynasty NERFINISHED
partOf Abbasid Caliphate (nominally) NERFINISHED
patronized Abu Firas al-Hamdani NERFINISHED
al-Farabi NERFINISHED
al-Mutanabbi NERFINISHED
politicalStatus semi-independent from Abbasid Caliphate
precededBy direct Abbasid rule in Jazira
region Northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
religiousAffiliation Islam NERFINISHED
ruledTerritory Aleppo NERFINISHED
Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) NERFINISHED
Mosul NERFINISHED
Northern Syria NERFINISHED
startTime c. 890s
early 10th century
succeededBy Buyid control in Mosul
Byzantine influence in Aleppo
Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo NERFINISHED

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Subject: Hamdanid Emirate
Description of subject: The Hamdanid Emirate was a 10th-century Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of northern Mesopotamia and Syria, noted for its military resistance against Byzantium and its patronage of Arabic literature and culture.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jazira wasPartOf Hamdanid Emirate
Amir al-Umara usedIn Hamdanid Emirate
this entity surface form: Hamdanid dynasty