Abu'l-Najm Badr

Wafiyy al-Dawla wa-Aminahā
Abūʾl-Najm Badr
Fatimid Governor of Aleppo
In office
July 1022 – October 1022
Appointed byAz-Zahir
Preceded byAziz al-Dawla
Succeeded bySafiyy al-Dawla

Wafiyy al-Dawla wa-Aminahā Abūʾl-Najm Badr, also known as Badr al-Kabīr, was the ghulām (slave soldier) who assassinated the Fatimid governor of Aleppo, Aziz al-Dawla, and replaced him as governor for three months in 1022. The assassination was apparently a conspiracy between Badr and the Fatimid court under Sitt al-Mulk. Badr was ultimately forced to relinquish his post and arrested shortly thereafter.

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