Al-Hasan al-Kalbi

al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi
Born	911
Died	November/December 964 Palermo
Allegiance	Fatimid Caliphate
Years of service	ca. 943–964
Commands held	Governor of Tunis, Emir of Sicily
Relations	Ali al-Kalbi (father), Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi (son), Ammar ibn Ali al-Kalbi (brother)

Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥusayn al-Kalbī (Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﺍﺑﻦ ﻋﻠﻲ ﺍﺑﻦ ﺍﺑﻲ ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ الكلبي‎‎), known in Byzantine sources as Boulchasenes (Greek: Βουλχάσενης) and Aboulchare (Ἀβουλχαρέ), was the first Kalbid Emir of Sicily. A member of an aristocratic family within the ruling circle of the Fatimid Caliphate, he helped suppress the great revolt of Abu Yazid in 943–947 and was the sent as governor of Sicily from 948 until 953, when he returned to Ifriqiya. He was succeeded in Sicily by his son Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi, but led several campaigns in Sicily and southern Italy against the Byzantines in 955–958, as well as the raid against Almeria that sparked a brief conflict with the Caliphate of Córdoba in 955. He died at Palermo in 964, during another campaign against the Byzantines.

As evidenced by his nisba, Hasan hailed from the Arab Banu Kalb tribe, and belonged to an aristocratic family established in Ifriqiya since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. The family had evidently embraced the Fatimid regime after the overthrow of the Aghlabids in 909, and his father Ali had served the Fatimids with distinction, being killed by the rebellious populace in Agrigento in 938, and both Hasan and his brother Ja'far were close associates of Jawdhar, the powerful chamberlain and chief minister of Caliph al-Mansur Billah.

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