emirate · Anatolia and the Levant

Lu'lu'id Aleppo

1004 CE – 1016 CE · capital Aleppo

A brief regime in Aleppo founded by the Hamdanid chamberlain Lu'lu', who displaced his masters and ruled with Fatimid recognition.

Origins

Lu'lu' al-Kabir was a slave commander and chamberlain of the Hamdanids of Aleppo who had long been the real power behind the young emirs. In 1004 he deposed the last Hamdanid heirs and took power in his own name, recognising the Fatimid caliph in Cairo while keeping the Byzantine tribute arrangement.

Rule and society

Lu'lu' and his son Mansur, who succeeded him around 1008, governed a small emirate squeezed between Byzantium and the Fatimids and threatened by the Bedouin Banu Kilab. Mansur tried to break the Kilab by treachery, imprisoning their leaders, among them Salih ibn Mirdas, who escaped.

Decline and legacy

In 1016 the commander of the citadel, Fath al-Qal'i, handed Aleppo to the Fatimids, and Mansur fled to Byzantine territory. After a period of Fatimid governors, Salih ibn Mirdas took Aleppo in 1024 and founded the Mirdasid Emirate.

Lineage

Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo 945 CE – 1004 CELu'lu'id Aleppo

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lu'lu'id Aleppo. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luluid-aleppo
MLA
“Lu'lu'id Aleppo.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luluid-aleppo. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Lu'lu'id Aleppo.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luluid-aleppo.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lu'lu'id Aleppo’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luluid-aleppo (Accessed: ).

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