Anushtkin Al-Dizbri and his role in establishing Fatimid influence in the levant during the period between 414,434 AH \ 1023-1041AD

Abstract

The Fatimid Caliphate was concerned with ruling ALSham and was extremely keen to keep it under its authority and influence, and for that, it sent great and numerous armies. Their leaderships were chosen due to the confidence in their courage and in their political and military experience. Anushtkin al-Dizbri was one of them. In 414 AH/1023 CE, the Fatimid Caliphate appointed him the governor of Palestine. He had to prove the Caliphate's trust in him. To achieve that, he engaged in clashes and conflicts with the existing local powers. Thus, in 420 AH/1029 CE, he was appointed a governor on Al-Sham by al-Zahir al-Atraz Din Allah, the Fatimid Caliph in Egypt. In 430 AH/103A8 CE, he received an appointment from the Fatimid Caliph al-Mustansir Billah to the governorship of Aleppo.How, thane increasing influence of al-Dizbari and the successes he achieved there aroused hatred and envy among the His rivals, Whose comfort he disturbed , worked to incite and sow discord between him and the Caliphate in Egypt. They succeeded in their efforts, and Anushtakin was accused of rebellion and disobedience to the Fatimid stae. As a result, he felt weak and tired, and illness spread throughout his body where he remained until his death in 433 AH/1041 CE.