335:, who had been in contact with Abu'l-Qasim and later wrote an elegy on the latter's death; nevertheless, in the exchange of letters that followed al-Ma'arri himself recognized that Abu'l-Qasim's intrigues played a role, although he tried to minimize this by ascribing them to "youthful ambition and inexperience, and their terrible result as being the ultimate effect of crushing Fate".
369:, in July 1012. Despite the rebellion's initial success, the Jarrahids were susceptible to bribery by the Caliph and did not inspire trust in their confederates: dismayed by the lack of respect shown to him by the Jarrahids, Abu'l-Futuh abandoned the revolt and returned to
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331:) written against him, Ibn al-Qarih accused him of "having been the indirect instigator of his family's ruination through his own intrigues" (P. Smoor). This provoked the reaction of the famous Syrian poet
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reports that he was born in Egypt instead, but this is in all likelihood incorrect. In 989/90, Abu'l-Qasim was forced to flee the
Hamdanid domains when his father Ali sided with the rebellious governor of
456:, probably written for his patron, Nasr al-Dawla ibn Ahmad. In his work, al-Ma'ari records al-Maghribi's possession of a precious library. It survived long after his death in Mayyafariqin, where
417:
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Superiority in Eleventh-Century Christian–Muslim Discussion: Elias of Nisibis on the Arabic and Syriac Languages",
358:, fell to the Bedouin, and the coastal cities were besieged, but not taken. Abu'l-Qasim went as far as orchestrating the proclamation of an anti-Caliph, the
432:, and was forced to return to Nasr al-Dawla's service, where he remained as vizier until his death in 1027. In accordance with his will, he was buried in
313:
Soon, however, the Banu'l-Maghribi became involved in the intrigues between various factions of the
Fatimid court, and in 1009/10, the powerful Christian
132:("Perfect Possessor of the Two Vizierates"), was the last member of the Banu'l-Maghribi, a family of statesmen who served in several Muslim courts of the
428:. He then returned briefly to Baghdad to serve as vizier under al-Qadir, but soon fell out with the Caliph due to his support for pro-Alid factions in
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in open rebellion against al-Hakim. The revolt spread swiftly through the
Palestinian hinterland. Even the provincial capital,
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Sessions by Mar Elias (ʾIliyyā), Metropolitan of Nisibis, with Wazir Abū ʾl-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Maghribī
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277:(r. 967–991). Ali defected to the rebel camp, but Bakjur's assault failed, and the Banu'l-Maghribi were forced flee to
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in 1011. Driven by a flaming desire to avenge himself upon the Caliph, he persuaded the
Jarrahid emir,
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Abu'l-Qasim was also an author and poet of some note. His more important works were a compilation of
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Abu'l-Qasim was the only one of his family to escape death, and fled to the
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253:(r. 946–967), a post to which he was followed by Abu'l-Qasim's father Ali.
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in the 10th and early 11th centuries. Abu'l-Qasim himself was born in
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206:Abu'l-Husayn Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Maghribi
200:Early life and career in the Fatimid court
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157:Mufarrij ibn Daghfal
116:al-wazir al-Maghribi
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450:mirror for princes
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103:أبو القاسم المغربي
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