Nasir al-Din Ja'far ibn Ya'qub
نصير الدين جعفر بن يعقوب الهمداني
Nasir al-Din Ja'far b. Ya'qub al-Hamadani — Imad al-Din Zangi's deputy at Mosul; he strengthened its walls and ditches so well that Caliph al-Mustarshid's siege of Ramadan 527 failed 1.
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- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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