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Badr al-Jamālī

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Active dates
1073 – 1094 CE
Social role
State official

Description / Bio

Fatimid chief wazir and army commander who served under al-Mustanṣir (d. 1094) from 1073-1094. Originally an Armenian and a convert to Islam, he was initially deployed in Acre before he arrived in Egypt in 1073.

Yusuf Umrethwala, "Badr al-Jamālī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/badr-al-jamali/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/badr-al-jamali/