Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court

الفارابي في بلاط سيف الدولة بحلب

942 CE · 330 AH† – 942 CE · 330 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Aleppo

In 942 al-Farabi took up residence at the court of the Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo, remaining there until his death 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Persia & Central Asia
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Aleppo

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People and things also explored

the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi moves to Baghdad· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo

Sources

  1. Al-Fārābī — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt

Saladin moved his brother al-Adil from Egypt to govern Aleppo, and set his son al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman over Egypt in his place.