| Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Member of the Hamdanid dynasty |
Abu 'Abdallāh al-Husayn ibn Sa'id ibn Hamdan (Arabic: أبو عبدالله الحسين بن سعيد بن حمدان) was a member of the Hamdanid dynasty, grandson of its founder, Hamdan ibn Hamdun, and cousin of the emirs Nasir al-Dawla and Sayf al-Dawla.
In 944, he was sent by Nasir al-Dawla to seize Syria, allocated to the Hamdanids by the amir al-umara Tuzun, from the forces of Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid. Husayn was initially successful in occupying the north of the country, but was soon driven out of Syria by Ikhshidid forces, led by al-Ikhshid himself. Husayn married Sarirah, a former slave of Ibn Ra'iq.
References
- Bianquis 1998, p. 113.
- Shawkat M. Toorawa and Library of Arabic Literature: Ibn al-Sa'i – Consorts of Caliphs, New York University Press, New York 2017, p. 81.
Sources
- Bianquis, Thierry (1998). "Autonomous Egypt from Ibn Ṭūlūn to Kāfūr, 868–969". In Petry, Carl F. (ed.). Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume One: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 86–119. ISBN 0-521-47137-0.