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Jalal al-Mulk Ali

d. 1099 · 11th century · Also known as Jalal al-Mulk Ali ibn Ammar

Jalal al-Mulk Ali was the emir of Tripoli in Lebanon from 1072 to 1099, of the Shia Banu Ammar family of qadis. He extended the family's rule along the Levantine coast and kept Tripoli independent by balancing between the Seljuks and the Fatimids. Under the Banu Ammar Tripoli was a centre of learning, with a famous library in its Dar al-Ilm.

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