نصر الحاجب

نصر الحاجب

Al-Muqtadir's chamberlain; he inclined to al-Hallaj and warded off the vizier Hamid until the caliph surrendered him; afterwards charged with the Mosul war effort in 309 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Nasr al-Hajib served as chamberlain to the caliph al-Muqtadir bi-Allah 2.

al-Hallaj

He inclined toward al-Hallaj and defended him. The vizier Hamid ibn al-Abbas pressed al-Muqtadir to hand him over to him, and he took him 2.

Mosul

al-Muqtadir afterwards appointed him to lead the war against Mosul and to support it, in the year 309 AH 2.

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 94-96
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.94-96
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