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  "ar": "فاتك الرومي الإخشيدي"
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  "ar": "غلام رومي أخذ صغيراً هو وأخوه من بلاد الروم من موضع قرب حصن ذي الكلاع وتعلم الخط بفلسطين ثم بيع من سيدة كرماً بالرملة فأعتقه صاحبه وكان معهم حراً في عدة المماليك، كريم النفس بعيد الهمة شجاعاً كثير الإقدام ولذلك قيل له الميمون، وكان شريف الأستاذ كافور في خدمة الإخشيد فلما مات مخدومهما وتولى كافور خدمة ابن الإخشيد أبغض فاتك الإقامة بمصر كيلا يحتاج أن يركب في خدمة كافور فاتخذ الفيوم وأعمالها إقطاعاً له فكان يجيء إليها ويأتيها، توفي بمصر عشية الأحد لإحدى عشرة ليلة خلت من شوال سنة خمس وخمسين وثلاث مئة ورثاه المتنبي بقصيدة فائقة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 14-15}.",
  "en": "The Byzantine-born commander Fatik 'al-Maimun', freed for his generosity and courage, Kafur's fellow in al-Ikhshid's service; unwilling to ride in Kafur's service he withdrew to his Fayyum iqta' — al-Mutanabbi praised him for the thousand-dinar gift and mourned him at his death in Shawwal 355 {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 14-15}."
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   "note": "شوال 355هـ بمصر {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 15}",
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    "value": "أبو شجاع فاتك المكنى الميمون الرومي الإخشيدي",
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   "note": "شوال 355هـ بمصر {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 15}",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج3، سنين 350–600)",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو شجاع فاتك، المكنى الميمون، الرومي الإخشيدي. يروي ابن العماد أنه غلام رومي أُخذ صغيراً هو وأخوه من بلاد الروم قرب حصن ذي الكلاع، وتعلم الخط بفلسطين. بيع من سيدة بالرملة فأعتقه صاحبه. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.14-15}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "في خدمة الإخشيد",
     "markdown": "يصفه المصدر بأنه كريم النفس بعيد الهمة شجاع، ولذلك قيل له الميمون. كان في خدمة الإخشيد مع كافور. فلما مات الإخشيد وتولى كافور خدمة ابنه، كره فاتك الإقامة بمصر كي لا يركب في خدمة كافور، فاتخذ الفيوم وأعمالها إقطاعاً. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.14-15}\n\nتوفي بمصر في شوال سنة 355هـ، وفق ابن العماد. ورثاه المتنبي بقصيدة. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.15}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu Shuja Fatik, called al-Maymun, a Byzantine of the Ikhshidid household. Ibn al-Imad reports that he was a Byzantine boy taken young, together with his brother, from the lands of Rum near the fortress of Dhu al-Kala, and that he learned the script in Palestine. He was sold to a lady in Ramla, who then freed him. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.14-15}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "In the service of al-Ikhshid",
     "markdown": "The source describes him as generous of spirit, of high ambition and brave, and for that reason he was called al-Maymun. He was in the service of al-Ikhshid together with Kafur. When al-Ikhshid died and Kafur took over the service of his son, Fatik disliked remaining in Egypt so as not to ride in Kafur's service. He took al-Fayyum and its territories as an iqta'. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.14-15}\n\nHe died in Egypt in Shawwal 355 AH, according to Ibn al-Imad. Al-Mutanabbi composed a poem in his elegy. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.15}"
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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