Islamic state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria from 890 to 1004
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Hamdanid Dynasty
الحمدانيون al-Hamdaniyyun
890–1004
Hamdanid territory in 955 during the rule of Sayf al-Dawla
Capital
Mardin (892–895) Mosul (905–990) (in Iraq) Aleppo (944–1002) (in Syria)
Common languages
Arabic
Syriac
Religion
Shia Islam
Government
Hereditary monarchy
Emir
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
890
• Husayn ibn Hamdan establishes himself as leader of Al-Jazira for the Abbasids.
895
• Sayf al-Dawla establishes himself in Aleppo after successfully countering the Ikhshidids of Egypt.
944
• Disestablished
1004
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Uqaylid dynasty
Fatimid Caliphate
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890–1004
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955–1071
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961–1150
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970–1107
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990–1096
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1631–present
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1727–present
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1783–present
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1810–present
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1833–present
Al Thani (Qatar)
1868–present
Al Sharqi (Fujairah)
1900–present
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1921–present
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Family tree of the Hamdanid dynasty
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