Abu'l-Abbas ibn Ja'far ibn al-Furat was the son of the powerful

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vizier A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...

Ja'far ibn al-Furat Abu'l-Fadl Ja'far ibn al-Fadl ibn al-Furat (; 921 - 1001), also called Ibn Hinzaba, like his father before him, was a member of the bureaucratic Banu'l-Furat family from Iraq. A highly educated man renowned for his strict piety and knowledge of t ...

. He was in turn appointed vizier by the

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caliph al-Hakim (r. 996–1021) in 1014/5, but executed after a few days.

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* * {{EI2 , volume = 3 , title = Ibn al-Furāt , first = D. , last = Sourdel , authorlink = Dominique Sourdel , pages = 767–768 , url = http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ibn-al-fura-t-COM_0322 10th-century births 1014 deaths 11th-century Arab people Abu'l-Abbas Viziers of the Fatimid Caliphate People executed by the Fatimid Caliphate 11th-century people from the Fatimid Caliphate