Ibn al-Dahhak (died 927) was a

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chieftain, who abandoned Islam, converted to Christianity and entered the service of the

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(reigned 920–944). Romanos gave him rich gifts and sent him back to his base, the fortress of al-Ja'fari, located probably in the vicinity of Tarsus. In late autumn 927, however, he was attacked, defeated and killed by the Abbasid governor of Tarsus,

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* {{Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit , volume = online 927 deaths Kurdish Christians 10th-century Kurdish people Converts to Christianity from Islam People of the Arab–Byzantine wars People killed in action