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Uqaylid dynasty

Uqaylid dynasty
إمارة بنو عقيل
990–1096
Uqaylid Emirate at its greatest extent
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

The Uqaylid dynasty (Arabic: العقيليون, romanizedal-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.


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