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Shibl al-Dawla Nasr

d. 1038 · 11th century

Shibl al-Dawla Nasr was the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1029 to 1038, son of the dynasty's founder Salih ibn Mirdas. In 1030 he defeated the Byzantine emperor Romanos III near Azaz, but then accepted Byzantine protection to secure his rule. He was killed in 1038 fighting a Fatimid army, and Aleppo briefly passed to Fatimid control.

Shibl al-Dawla Nasr
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Mirdasid Emirate

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