Abu Muhammad Lu’lu’ surnamed al-Kabir (the Elder) and al-Jarrahi al-Sayfi ([servant] of the Jarrahids and Sayf al-Dawla) was a military slave (ghulam) of the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo. Under the rule of Sa’d al-Dawla he rose to become the emirate’s chamberlain and on Sa’d al-Dawla’s death in 991 he wa appointed guardian of his son and successor Sa’id al-Dawla.
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