Ṣafiyy al-Dawla Muḥammad ibn ʿAli ibn Jaʾfar ibn Falāh () was the
Fatimid governor of
Aleppo
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between October 1022 and April 1023.
[Zakkar 1971, pp. 64–65.] He was specifically assigned to govern the city, while the
citadel of Aleppo was assigned to a separate governor, the
eunuch Yumn al-Dawla Sa'adat.
This marked the first time the Fatimids appointed separate rulers for the city and citadel of Aleppo since they gained direct control over the city in October 1016.
Safiyy al-Dawla belonged to the
Kutama, a militant
Berber
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group that had been
Arabized and played a major role in the Fatimid military. He was the son of
Ali ibn Ja'far and grandson of
Ja'far ibn Fallah Ja'far ibn Fallah () or ibn Falah was a general in the service of the Fatimid Caliphate. He led the first Fatimid attempt to conquer Syria in 970–971, but his attack on Byzantine-held Antioch was repulsed, and he lost his life in June 971 fighti ...
, both of whom were Fatimid generals.
He was bestowed with the title ''ṣafiyy al-dawla'' (chosen of the State). Safiyy al-Dawla and Yumn al-Dawla were appointed to Aleppo to replace
Abu'l-Najm Badr
Wafiyy al-Dawla wa-Aminahā Abūʾl-Najm Badr, also known as Badr al-Kabīr, was the '' ghulām'' (slave soldier) who assassinated the Fatimid governor of Aleppo, Aziz al-Dawla, and replaced him as governor for three months in 1022. The assassinat ...
.
Nothing is known about their reign and Safiyy al-Dawla was dismissed in April 1023, and succeeded by
Sanad al-Dawla Hasan Sanad or SANAD may refer to:
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11th-century people from the Fatimid Caliphate
Fatimid governors of Aleppo
Kutama
11th-century Berber people