Abū Hāshim Muḥammad ibn Ja‘far al-Ḥasanī al-‘Alawī (; d. 1094/1095) was the first

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from the

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ian dynasty of the Hawashim. He was appointed Emir by

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in 455 AH (1063) and died in 487 AH (1094) over the age of 70. During his reign, he switched his allegiance multiple times between the

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s and the

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s. Ibn al-Athir writes, "There was nothing about him that was praiseworthy."

Al-Dhahabi Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Atharism, Athari ...

writes, "He was unjust, lacking in goodness." He was succeeded by his son Qasim.

Ancestry

He was Abu Hashim Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Hashim Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn ibn ibn ibn ibn Abd Allah al-Mahd ibn Hasan al-Muthanna ibn al-Hasan ibn

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