Back to People

Nāṣir al-Dawla

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Male
מסמכים
Active dates
1057–1091 CE
Social role
State official

Description / Bio

The rebellious commander of the Turkic regiment of the Fatimid forces under the caliph al-Mustanṣir (d. 1094), who incited a civil war in Egypt and became the ephemeral ruler of Alexandria until he was executed by Badr al-Jamālī in 1073.

Life events

  1. al-Shidda al-ʿUẓma ()

    al-Shidda al-ʿUẓma (the Great Calamity), a term coined by the Mamlūk historian al-Maqrīzī (d. 1442), refers to the catastrophic period in Egypt linked with a series of low Niles, famines, and civil war. Historians often refer to this period as the worst famine recorded in the history of Egypt and the most underdocumented period of Fatimid history.

    T-S 10J10.2 (PGPID 35184), ENA NS 16.28 (PGPID 11714), T-S 8J19.27 (PGPID 7670), CUL Or.1080 J17 (PGPID 4476)

Ksenia Ryzhova and Yusuf Umrethwala, "Nāṣir al-Dawla," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/nasir-al-dawla/, accessed May 7, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/nasir-al-dawla/