1. Nasir al-Dawla was driven back to Mosul by Turkish troops, and subsequent attempts to challenge the Buyids who seized control of Baghdad and lower Iraq in 945 ended in repeated failure.
18 Facts About Nasir al-Dawla
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Nasir al-Dawla was eclipsed by the actions of his brother Ali, who established his rule more firmly over Aleppo and northern Syria.
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Nasir al-Dawla was born al-Hasan ibn Abdallah, the eldest son of Abu'l-Hayja Abdallah ibn Hamdan ; son of Hamdan ibn Hamdun ibn al-Harith, who gave his name to the Hamdanid dynasty, and a Kurdish Woman.
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Nasir al-Dawla was put in prison, but his son Husayn ibn Hamdan, who had surrendered the fortress of Ardumusht to the caliph's forces, managed to secure the family's future.
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Nasir al-Dawla raised troops among the Taghlib in exchange for tax remissions, and established a commanding influence in the Jazira by acting as a mediator between the Abbasid authorities and the Arab and Kurdish population.
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The Hamdanid forces under Sayf Nasir al-Dawla took the field against Tuzun's army, but were defeated.
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Henceforth, Nasir al-Dawla would be tributary to Baghdad, but he would find it difficult to resign himself to his loss of power over the city he once ruled, and during subsequent years he would undertake several attempts to regain it.
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Nasir al-Dawla's death weakened the Abbasid government's ability to maintain its independence against the rising power of the Buyids, who under Ahmad ibn Buya had already consolidated control over Fars and Kerman, and secured the cooperation of the Baridis.
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The peace was agreed on terms favourable to the Hamdanids, and was affirmed by one of Nasir al-Dawla's sons being taken as a hostage to Baghdad.
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In exchange, Nasir al-Dawla agreed to recommence the payment of tribute for the Jazira and Syria, as well as to add the names of the three Buyid brothers after that of the caliph in the Friday prayer.
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Peace was renewed in exchange for the recommencement of tribute and an additional indemnity, but when Nasir al-Dawla refused to send the second year's payment, the Buyid ruler advanced north.
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Sayf Nasir al-Dawla tried to mediate with Mu'izz Nasir al-Dawla, but his first approaches were rebuffed.
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Only when Sayf Nasir al-Dawla agreed to assume the burden of paying his brother's tribute for the entire Diyar Rabi'a did the Buyid ruler agree to peace.
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In 964, Nasir al-Dawla tried to renegotiate the terms of the arrangement, but to secure Buyid recognition for his eldest son, Fadl Allah Abu Taghlib al-Ghadanfar, as his successor.
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The end of Nasir al-Dawla's rule came in 967, in the same year that saw the deaths of his brother Sayf al-Dawla and his great rival, Mu'izz al-Dawla.
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Nasir al-Dawla was reportedly so much affected by his brother's death that he lost interest in life and became remote and avaricious.
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Nasir al-Dawla tried to counter them by turning to one of his other sons by a different mother, Hamdan.
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Nasir al-Dawla was heavily criticized by contemporaries for his oppressive fiscal policies and the suffering they caused among the population.