ʿAmmār, Banū (Syria) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Mallett, Alex
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Brill
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The Banū ʿAmmār were a dynasty established in 462/1070 by Amīn al-Dawla Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥasan b. ʿAmmār, qāḍī of the Syrian coastal city of Tripoli, which had, until then, been ruled by a Cairo-appointed Fāṭimid governor. Following a pattern set by others in Fāṭimid-ruled settlements in Syria , al-Ḥasan b. ʿAmmār made himself ruler of the town upon the death of the previous governor, thereby creating a dynasty that was to last until 502/1109. The death of this first of the Banū ʿAmmār rulers