سيكتكين الحاجب

سيكتكين الحاجب

Mu'izz al-Dawla's chamberlain; sent with a great host of Turks, Daylamites and Arabs to shield Iraq from the Khurasani army in 340 1.

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Suktukin al-Hajib, chamberlain of Mu'izz al-Dawla. In the year 340 AH he sent him with a huge army of Turks, Daylamites and Arabs to repel the armies of Khurasan from the regions of Iraq 2.

The entry needs an additional source for the outcome of this campaign and the details of his career.

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 365
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.365
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islam.museum contributors. “سيكتكين الحاجب”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/suktukin-al-hajib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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