Al-Basasiri

Category
POLITICS

Language
TURKISH

Abuʾl-Ḥārith Arslān al-Muẓaffar al-Basāsīrī who rose to become a military commander of the Buwayhid dynasty in Iraq. When the Buwayhids were ousted by the Seljuks in 1055, he transferred his allegiance to the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt, in whose name he conquered Baghdad, which he ruled for almost a year.

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