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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo 2
Hamdanid Emirate canonical 1
Hamdanid dynasty 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
capital Aleppo ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
conflict Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalPatron Sayf al-Dawla ⓘ
culturalSphere Arabic literature ⓘ
Arabic poetry ⓘ
dynasty Hamdanid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Hamdanids
endTime 11th century (Mosul branch) ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
foundedBy Hamdan ibn Hamdun ⓘ
governmentType hereditary emirate ⓘ
historicalPeriod 10th century ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
militaryLeader Sayf al-Dawla ⓘ
militaryStrength frontier ghazi warriors ⓘ
namedAfter Hamdan ibn Hamdun ⓘ
notableFor court culture in Aleppo ⓘ
military resistance against the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
patronage of Arabic literature ⓘ
patronage of Arabic poetry ⓘ
notableRuler Abu Taghlib ⓘ
Nasir al-Dawla ⓘ
Sayf al-Dawla ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
Ikhshidid dynasty ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate (nominally) ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
patronized Abu Firas al-Hamdani ⓘ
al-Farabi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farabi

al-Mutanabbi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Mutanabbi
politicalStatus semi-independent from Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
precededBy direct Abbasid rule in Jazira ⓘ
region Northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Syria ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Islam ⓘ
ruledTerritory Aleppo ⓘ
Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Mosul ⓘ
Northern Syria ⓘ
linked to: northern Syria
startTime c. 890s ⓘ
early 10th century ⓘ
succeededBy Buyid control in Mosul ⓘ
Byzantine influence in Aleppo ⓘ
Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Jazira → wasPartOf → Hamdanid Emirate ⓘ
Amir al-Umara → usedIn → Hamdanid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Hamdanid Emirate
Byzantine reconquest of eastern Anatolia → opponent → Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Hamdanid Emirate
Sayf al-Dawla → country → Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Hamdanid Emirate
court of Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo → locatedIn → Hamdanid emirate of Aleppo ⓘ
linked to: Hamdanid Emirate