Sadīd al-Mulk Thuʿbān ibn Muḥammad ibn Thuʿbān () was the

Fatimid The Fatimid Caliphate (; ), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimid dynasty, Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa ...

governor of

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between 27 July 1024 and 30 June 1025. Thu'ban was a Kutami Berber commander based in

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until he was assigned by Caliph az-Zahir (r. 1021–1036) to replace Thu'ban's brother, Sanad al-Dawla al-Hasan, as governor of Aleppo after al-Hasan died of illness.Zakkar 1971, p. 65. Thu'ban was given the title ''sadid al-mulk'' (the right to kingship). His rule over Aleppo was described as "unpopular" by historian Suhayl Zakkar. In 1024

Salih ibn Mirdas Abu Ali Salih ibn Mirdas (), also known by his ''Arabic name#Laqab, laqab'' (honorific epithet) Asad al-Dawla ('Lion of the State'), was the founder of the Mirdasid dynasty and emir of Ancient City of Aleppo, Aleppo from 1025 until his death in ...

, leader of the

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, began attempts to wrest control of Aleppo. His forces sporadically clashed with Thu'ban's troops beginning in October 1024,Amabe 2016, p. 61 and in 22 November, Salih himself besieged the city. After weeks of heavy clashes, Thu'ban was betrayed by Salim ibn Mustafad, the head of Aleppo's ''ahdath'' (urban militia), who opened Aleppo's

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gate to Salih. The latter entered Aleppo on 18 January 1025, prompting Thu'ban to barricade himself in the former palace of

Aziz al-Dawla Aziz al-Dawla (d. 1022) was the first Fatimid governor of Aleppo, serving from to his death. An ethnic Armenian, Aziz al-Dawla started his political career as a trusted (slave soldier) of Manjutakin, the Fatimid governor of Damascus under Cali ...

at the foot Aleppo's citadel. By 30 June, Salih's forces captured the palace and the citadel, and arrested Thu'ban. When Salih returned to Aleppo in September, he freed Thu'ban in return for a payment, but executed Mawsuf, the Fatimid commander of the citadel.Zakkar 1971, p. 98.

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