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Barjawan

برجوان

1000 CE · 390 AH

Barjawan (d. 390) — al-Aziz's black eunuch who ruled Egypt, Syria and the Hijaz as al-Hakim's regent; murdered in the palace on al-Hakim's order, leaving a thousand satin trousers and a library beyond count; Cairo's Barjuwan quarter bears his name 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · القاضي أبو بكر ابن الدقاق البغدادي · أبو بكر ابن لال الهمداني

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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