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al-Jawād al-Iṣfahānī
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Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī
al-Jawād al-Iṣfahānī (d. 559/1164), also known by the honorific name of Jāmal al-Dīn, was a vizier of the Zangids who became one of the most intimate friends of ʿImād al-Dīn Zangī (r. 521–41/1127–46). As a close confidant of Zangī he became governor of Naṣībīn and al-Raqqa and was eventually entrusted with general supervision of the entire Zangid empire. As a child al-Jawād al-Iṣfahānī had been carefully educated by his father and at a very early age was given an official appointment in the
dīwān al-ʿarḍ (department of the army, a subdivision of the
dīwān al-jaysh …
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2022-02-04
