Ibn al-Dahhak | |
Death Date: | c. 927 |
Death Place: | Fortress of al-Ja'fari, near Tarsus, Abbasid Caliphate |
Date: | 927 |
Fatalities: | unknown |
Criminal Charge: | Treason |
Criminal Penalty: | Execution on the orders of Tarsus's Abbasid governor |
Victims: | unknown |
Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927, fortress of al-Ja'fari) was a Kurdish chieftain, who abandoned Islam, converted to Christianity and entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 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, Thamal al-Dulafi.