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Ali ibn Munqidh
Ali ibn Munqidh was the founder of the Munqidhite emirate of Shaizar on the Orontes in Syria. In 1081 he acquired the fortress of Shaizar from its bishop, who held it for Byzantium, and made it the seat of his family. His descendants held it through the Crusades, and his grandson was the writer Usama ibn Munqidh.
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