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sword of state .
Sayf al-Dawla (
Arabic : سيف الدولة ,
lit. 'Sword
of the Dynasty/State ') was the honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abu'l-Hayja Abdallah, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo in 945–967.
Sayf al-Dawla may also refer to:
Buluggin ibn Ziri , first Zirid emir of Ifriqiya, 972–984
Khalaf ibn Mula'ib , emir of Apamea and Homs, 1082–1090/91 and 1095/96–1106
Sayf al-Dawla ibn Hud al-Mustansir , Andalusian adventurer, briefly ruler of Córdoba in 1145
Saif ud Daulah or Najabut Ali Khan, Nawab of Bengal, 1766–1770
Sayf ol-Dowleh an
Iranian prince of
Qajar dynasty , governor of Isfahan, 1820-1835
Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar , an 'Amirid ruler of Al-Andalus, 1002-1008