Abu’l-Fada’il Sa’id al-Dawla was the third Hamdanid ruler of the Emirate of Aleppo. He succeeded his father Sa’d al-Dawla in 991 but throughout his reign real power rested in the hands of Sa’d al-Dawla’s former chamberlain Lu’lu’ to whose daughter Sa’id was wed. His reign was dominated by the Fatimid Caliphate’s repeated attempts to conquer Aleppo which was prevented only by the intervention of the Byzantine Empire.
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