Mirdasid dynasty

The Mirdasid dynasty (Arabic: المرداسيون, romanized: al-Mirdāsiyyīn), also called the Banu Mirdas, was an Arab Shia Muslim dynasty which ruled an Aleppo-based emirate in northern Syria and the western Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) more or less continuously from 1024 until 1080.

Mirdasid dynasty
مرداسيون
1024–1080
Map of the Mirdasid emirate at its zenith during the rule of Salih ibn Mirdas in 1025
CapitalAleppo
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Shia Islam
GovernmentEmirate
Emir 
 1024–1029
Salih ibn Mirdas
 1029–1038
Shibl al-Dawla Nasr
 1042–1062
Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal
History 
 Established
1024
 Disestablished
1080
CurrencyDirham, dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Fatimid Caliphate
Uqaylid dynasty
Today part ofSyria
Lebanon
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