al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Qarmati al-A'sam

الحسن بن أحمد القرمطي الأعصم

al-Hasan b. Ahmad al-Qarmati, called al-A'sam — held Damascus before 360, then captured and killed the ailing Fatimid governor Ja'far b. Fallah at the dikka over the Yazid river outside Damascus on Thursday 6 Dhu'l-Qa'da 360 1.

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مقتل جعفر بن فلاح على يد القرمطي الأعصم

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Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami· Damascus· مقتل جعفر بن فلاح على يد القرمطي الأعصم

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 29
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Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami

Ja'far b. Fallah al-Kutami — al-Mu'izz's commander sent by Jawhar to Syria; took Ramla in 358 and Damascus in 359, then was killed fighting the Qarmati al-A'sam in 360.