Ja'far ibn Fallah

Ja'far ibn Fallah
Ja'far ibn Fallah
Native name	جعفر بن فلاح
Died	971 CE; Damascus, Qarmatian state; (present-day Syria)
Allegiance	Fatimid Caliphate
Rank	Commander of the Fatimid army; Governor of the Levant (970–971)
Wars
Military career
Conflicts	Fatimid conquest of Egypt; Fatimid conquest of the Levant Capture of Ramla; Capture of Tiberias; Siege of Damascus; Siege of Antioch; ; First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt Capture of Damascus (971) †; ;
Children	Ali; Ibrahim; Sulayman; Abdullah
Relations	Fallah ibn Marwan (father); Safiyy al-Dawla (grandson); Mahmoud ibn Ibrahim (grandson);

Ja'far ibn Fallah (Arabic: جعفر بن فلاح) or Abu al-Fadl al-Kutami, was a Fatimid military commander and governor from the Berber Kutama tribe. He led the conquest of Egypt alongside Jawhar, and was later entrusted with commanding the Fatimid army in the conquest of the Levant in 969 CE, to wrest the region from Ikhshidid control and Abbasid influence. He captured Damascus, Tripoli, Sidon and vast areas of the Levant, and established a system of governance in the territories he subjugated, and he was the first Fatimid ruler in the Islamic East.