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Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Abu’l-Hayja ‘Abdallah ibn Hamdan Nasir al-Dawla al-Taghlibi (Arabic: أبو محمد الحسن ابن أبو الهيجاء عبدالله ابن حمدان ناصر الدولة التغلبي; died 968 or 969) more commonly known simply by his laqab (honorific epithet) of Nasir al-Dawla (Defender of the [Abbasid] Dynasty) was the second Hamdanid ruler of the Emirate of Mosul encompassing most of the Jazira.As the senior member of the Hamdanid dynasty he inherited the family power base around Mosul from his father and was able to secure it against challenges by his uncles.
