Hamdan ibn Hamdun
حمدان بن حمدون
Progenitor of the Hamdanids, besieged by al-Mu'tadid in his costly fortress al-Sawwara near 'Ayn al-Za'faran 1.
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Hamdan ibn Hamdun ibn al-Harith ibn Mansur ibn Luqman, grandfather of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Abd Allah, who was given the title Nasir al-Dawla, as al-Mas'udi mentions. 2
The fortress
He entrenched himself in the fortress known as al-Sawwara near Ayn al-Za'faran, on which he had spent large sums. Al-Mu'tadid camped before it and destroyed it, and his son al-Husayn ibn Hamdan and those with him asked al-Mu'tadid for safe conduct. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 609-610
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.609-610
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