Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Al-Husayn b. Fadl b. Sahlan, Abu 'Ali of Ramhurmuz, vizier of Sultan al-Dawla; Ibn al-Jawzi records in his tarjama that he built the wall of the Ha'ir at Karbala in 403 — though elsewhere in the book the building is credited to his brother Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b. al-Fadl b. Sahlan — he was killed in Sha'ban 414 at fifty-three. 1
Connections
- Allied with
- سلطان الدولة أبو شجاع بن بهاء الدولة
- Participated in
- Building the fortified wall around the shrine of al-Ha'ir in Karbala
People and things also explored
Abu Ghalib the vizier· al-Malik Abu Kalijar ibn Sultan al-Dawla· بهاء الدولة أبو نصر بن عضد الدولة· Musharrif al-Dawla· Karbala· Building the fortified wall around the shrine of al-Ha'ir in Karbala· سلطان الدولة أبو شجاع بن بهاء الدولة
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.355
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Husayn ibn Fadl ibn Sahlan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-husayn-ibn-fadl-sahlan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.