Uqaylid dynasty

The Uqaylid dynasty (Arabic: العقيليون, romanized: al-ʿUqayliyyūn) was a Shia Arab dynasty with several lines that ruled in various parts of Al-Jazira, northern Syria and Iraq in the late tenth and eleventh centuries. The main line, centered in Mosul, ruled from 990 to 1096.

Uqaylid dynasty
إمارة بنو عقيل
990–1096
Uqaylid Emirate at its greatest extent
CapitalMosul
Official languagesArabic
Religion
Shia Islam
GovernmentEmirate
History 
 Established
990
 Disestablished
1096
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hamdanid dynasty
Mirdasid dynasty
Seljuk Empire
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