Fath al-Qal'i
| Fath al-Qal'i | |||||||||
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| Emir of Aleppo | |||||||||
| Reign | January 1016–October 1016 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Mansur ibn Lu'lu' | ||||||||
| Successor | Aziz al-Dawla | ||||||||
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| Abū Naṣr Fatḥ al-Qalʿī | |
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| Mubārak al-Dawla wa-Saʿīd-hā |
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Abu Nasr Fath al-Qal'i, also known by his laqab (honorific epithet) of Mubarak al-Dawla wa-Sa'id-ha ("Blessed and Happiness of the State"), was the governor of the Citadel of Aleppo during the reign of Emir Mansur ibn Lu'lu' (r. 1008–1016). In 1016, he rebelled against Mansur, in likely collusion with Salih ibn Mirdas, forcing Mansur to flee. After a few months, Fath relinquished control of Aleppo to the Fatimid Caliphate, marking the beginning of direct Fatimid rule over the city. Afterward, he held posts in Tyre, then Jerusalem. As governor of Jerusalem, Fath helped the Fatimid general Anushtakin al-Dizbari suppress a rebellion by the Jarrahids in 1024–1025 and maintained order between the Rabbinate and Karaite Jewish sects during the Hoshana Rabbah festivals at the Mount of Olives in 1029 and 1030.
Fath was a ghulām (slave soldier) of Mansur ibn Lu'lu', the emir of Aleppo between 1008 and 1016. It is not clear when Fath was appointed as governor of the Citadel of Aleppo, but he was governor by at least 1014. The name Fath al-Qal'i translates from Arabic as "Fath of the Citadel". That year, he may have colluded to free the Kilabi chieftain Salih ibn Mirdas from the citadel's dungeon. Salih soon after became a major opponent of Mansur, capturing him the same year of his prison escape then releasing in return for half of Aleppo's revenues. Conflict between Salih and Mansur renewed when Mansur reneged on their agreement and the Kilab besieged Aleppo.
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