Manjutakin
Sign in to saveManjutakin () was a military slave (ghulam) of the Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz (). Of Turkic origin, he became one of the leading Fatimid generals under al-Aziz, fighting against the Hamdanids and the Byzantines in Syria. He rebelled against the Berber-dominated regime of the early years of al-Hakim (), but was defeated and died in captivity.
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- male
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- Fatimid Caliphate
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- military leader
- Religion
- Islam
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- date of death
- 1007-00-00
- date of birth
- 0901-00-00
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Manjutakin () was a military slave (ghulam) of the Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz (). Of Turkic origin, he became one of the leading Fatimid generals under al-Aziz, fighting against the Hamdanids and the Byzantines in Syria. He rebelled against the Berber-dominated regime of the early years of al-Hakim (), but was defeated and died in captivity.
==Biography== Manjutakin was one of the most prominent of the Turkic slave-soldiers who were introduced to the Fatimid court by al-Aziz and his predecessor al-Mu'izz () and favoured as a counterbalance to the predominantly Berber army (mostly drawn from the Kutama tribe).
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