Sayf al-Dawlah

Sayf al-Dawlah (born 916—died 967, Aleppo, Syria) was the ruler of northern Syria who was the founder and the most prominent prince of the Arab Ḥamdānid dynasty of Aleppo. He was famous for his patronage of scholars and for his military struggles against the Greeks. Sayf al-Dawlah began his career as lord of the city of Wāsiṭ in Iraq and became involved in the struggles of the ʿAbbāsid caliph (the titular leader of the Islamic...