Sayf al-Dawla
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ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū'l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn Ḥamdūn ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī, more commonly known simply by his honorific of Sayf al-Dawla, was the founder of the Emirate of Aleppo, encompassing m
Gold dinar minted at Baghdad in the name of Sayf al-Dawla and his brother Nasir al-Dawla, 943/4 CE
Nikephoros II Phokas
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Nikephoros II Phokas, Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless greatly contributed to
Nikephoros II Phokas on a 15th-century manuscript, Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. The portrait is almost certainly imaginary.
Icon of St. Nikephoros by Theophanes the Cretan
Nikephoros' entry into Constantinople as Emperor through the Golden Gate in summer 963
Tarsus surrenders to Nikephoros Phokas (seated).