Ibn Masal
Ibn Masal | |
|---|---|
| De facto vizier (Nāẓir fi’l-Umūr / Nāẓir fi’l-Maṣāliḥ) | |
| In office October 1149 – February 1150 | |
| Preceded by | Vacant (since 1139) |
| Succeeded by | Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Najm al-Dīn Abu’l-Fath Salim/Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad al-Lukkī al-Maghrībī Lukk, Cyrenaica (Libya) |
| Died | 19 February 1150 Dalāṣ (al-Bahnasa), Egypt |
| Occupation | Military commander; state official |
| Known for | Brief tenure as de facto vizier; managing factional military tensions; defeated and killed in battle by Ibn al-Sallar’s forces |
Najm al-Din Abu'l-Fath Salim/Sulayman ibn Muhammad al-Lukki al-Maghribi (Arabic: ﻧﺠﻢ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﺍﺑﻮ ﺍﻟﻔﺘﺢ ﺳﻠﻴﻢ/ﺴﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ ﺑﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻠﻜﻲ, romanized: Najm al-Dīn Abu’l-Fatḥ Salīm/Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad al-Lukkī al-Maghribī), better known as Ibn Masal (Arabic: ﺍﺑﻦ ﻣﺼﺎﻝ, romanized: Ibn Maṣāl), was a military commander and official of the Fatimid Caliphate, who served briefly as the de facto vizier of the Caliphate from 1144/45 until he was overthrown and killed by al-Adil ibn al-Sallar and his supporters in the winter of 1149/50.