Ja'far ibn Fallah (Arabic: جعفر بن فلاح) or ibn Falah was a Berber general of the Kutama tribe in the service of the Fatimid Caliphate. He led the first...

Quṭb al-Dawla Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Jaʾfar ibn Fallāh (Arabic: قطب الدولة علي بن جعفر بن فلاح) (fl. 1000 – 1021) was a Fatimid commander and governor...

al-Mu'tasim Ja'far ibn Mansur al-Yaman (fl. 10th century), Ismaili theologian Ja'far ibn Fallah (died 971), Kutama Berber general of the Fatimids Ja'far ibn al-Furat...

commander Ja'far ibn Fallah at Damascus in August 971, the Qarmatians and their Bedouin allies marched south. A Fatimid relief army marching to assist Ibn Fallah...

captured by Ja'far ibn Fallah from an Ikhshidid fleet sent from Lower Egypt to assist the garrison of Fustat. Using these boats, Ibn Fallah led a part...

the Fatimid troops conquered Egypt from the Ikhsidids, the general Ja'far ibn Fallah was instrumental in this success: he led the troops that crossed the...

Fatimid Kutama troops conquered Egypt from the Ikhsidids, the general Ja'far ibn Fallah was instrumental in this success: he led the troops that crossed the...

in the battle outside Ascalon, but the Berber general Sulayman ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah was victorious. Mufarrij, however, managed once more to emerge unscathed...

return for a bounty of 100,000 dirhams, Ibn Ulayyan sent him to the Fatimid commander in Damascus, Ja'far ibn Fallah, in November 970. This move started a...

Caliph al-Hakim after a battle in Giza against an army led by Ali ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah. He diverted his revolt to Fayyum and the Fatimids managed to get...

for: Muhammad Ibn Ra'iq (939–942) Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri (943–945) Sayf al-Dawla (briefly in 945 and 947) Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami (970–971)...

caliphal claimant left the city for Mecca. A Fatimid army led by Ali ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah wrested control of Ramla from the Jarrahids, who continued to dominate...

role in the Fatimid military. He was the son of Ali ibn Ja'far and grandson of Ja'far ibn Fallah, both of whom were Fatimid generals. He was bestowed...

Qarmatians, in March 970 the Ikhshidids were defeated in battle by Ja'far ibn Fallah, and Hasan was taken prisoner and sent to the Fatimid caliph, al-Mu'izz...

Danegeld. Al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah, Ikhshidid governor of Palestine, is defeated and taken prisoner by General Ja'far ibn Fallah in Syria. Ending the...

Cuilean), king of Alba (Scotland) Eraclus (or Evraclus), bishop of Liège Ja'far ibn Fallah, Fatimid general and governor Kalokyros, Byzantine patrician and pretender...

by his brother Ibrahim ibn Quraysh in Mosul, while Aleppo was managed by the Sharif Hassan ibn Hibat Allah Al-Hutayti. Hassan ibn Hibat Allah Al-Hutayti...

attempts to capture it, notably under the Kutama chieftain Sulayman ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah in 979/80. At the same time, despite al-Fadl's efforts to use the...

general Ja'far ibn Fallah and captured Damascus, before once again taking Ramla. A Fatimid army sent to reinforce Ibn Fallah under Sa'adat ibn Hayyan withdrew...

Danegeld. Al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah, Ikhshidid governor of Palestine, is defeated and taken prisoner by General Ja'far ibn Fallah in Syria. Ending the...

brother of Muhammad ibn Tughj, held out in Syria until March 970, when he was defeated and taken prisoner by Ja'far ibn Fallah, signalling the end of...

Sulayman ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah. The two armies met in either Ramla or Ascalon, and the battle ended in defeat for Manjutakin, who was taken prisoner. Ibn Fallah...

the southern Levant were quickly overcome by the Fatimid general Ja'far ibn Fallah in April 970, who captured Ramla and Damascus, the Fatimid advance...

the defeat and capture of al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Tughj at the hands of the Fatimid general Ja'far ibn Fallah in April 970, changed the situation...

the Fatimids under Ja'far ibn Fallah invaded Palestine as well, and defeated the Ikhshidid remnants under al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Tughj. The first...