Hamdanid dynasty
In 942, Nasir al-Dawla became the effective ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate until being outmaneuvered by his rebellious Turkish officer, Tuzun, the following year. Nasir al-Dawla was deposed as governor of Mosul and the Jazira by his sons in 967. The province remained in Hamdanid hands until 1002. Meanwhile, Nasir al-Dawla's brother, Sayf al-Dawla founded the Hamdanid emirate of Aleppo and northern Syria in 945. His descendants would continue to rule the emirate until being deposed by the "ghulam" (slave soldier), Lu'lu' al-Kabir in 1002. The Hamdanids did not depend on their Taghlibi tribesmen for matters of the state, relying instead on non-Arab " ghilman" and bureaucrats for military and fiscal affairs. After the early years of the Hamdanid dynasty, the Taghlib, like many Arab tribes established in the region before and after the 7th-century Muslim conquests, "disappeared into obscurity".