'Adud al-Dawla
Fannā( Panāh) Khusraw, better known by his laqab of ʿ Aḍud al- Dawla(" Pillar of the[ Abbasid] Dynasty")
( September 24, 936 – March 26, 983) was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983, and at his height of power ruling an empire stretching from Makran as far to Yemen and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
He is widely regarded as the greatest monarch of the dynasty, and by the end of his reign was the most powerful ruler in the Middle East.
The son of Rukn al- Dawla, Fanna Khusraw was given the title of Adud al- Dawla by the Abbasid caliph in 948 when he was made emir of Fars after the death of his childless uncle Imad al- Dawla, after which Rukn al- Dawla became the senior emir of the Buyids.
In 974 Adud al- Dawla was sent by his father to save his cousin Izz al- Dawla from a rebellion.
After defeating the rebel forces, he claimed the emirate of Iraq for himself, and forced his cousin to abdicate.
His father, however, became angered by this decision and restored Izz al- Dawla.
After the death of Adud al- Dawla's father, his cousin rebelled against him, but was defeated.
Adud al- Dawla became afterwards the sole ruler of the Buyid dynasty and assumed the ancient Iranian title of Shahanshah(" King of Kings").
When Adud al- Dawla became emir of Iraq, the capital city, Baghdad, was suffering from violence and instability owing to sectarian conflict.
In order to bring peace and stability to the city, he ordered the banning of public demonstrations and polemics.
At the same time, he patronized a number of Shia scholars such as al- Mufid, and sponsored the renovation of a number of important Shia shrines.
In addition,' Adud al- Dawla is credited with sponsoring and patronizing other scientific projects during his time.
An observatory was built by his orders in Isfahan where Azophi worked.
Al- Muqaddasi also reports that he ordered the construction of a great dam between Shiraz and Estakhr in 960.
The dam irrigated some 300 villages in Fars province and became known as" Band -e Amir"( Dam of the emir).
Among his other major constructions was the digging of the Haffar channel, that joined the Karun river to the Shatt al- Arab river( the confluence of the Tigris and the Euphrates).
The port of Khorramshahr was built on the Haffar, at its joining point with the Shatt al- Arab.
Asfar ibn Kurduya
Asfar ibn Kurduya( also spelled Kurdawayh, Kardawayh and Kurdawaih), was a Daylamite officer who served the Buyid dynasty.
Asfar is first mentioned during the reign of the Buyid ruler Adud al- Dawla, as one of the most prominent officers of the Empire.
After the death of Adud al- Dawla in 983, the Buyid Empire was thrown into civil war; the Empire was disputed between his two sons Samsam al- Dawla and Sharaf al- Dawla.
Samsam al- Dawla ruled Iraq, while Sharaf al- Dawla ruled Fars and Kerman.
In 986, Asfar rebelled against Samsam al- Dawla, and changed his allegiance to Sharaf al- Dawla.
However, Asfar quickly changed his mind, and declared allegiance to the latter's other brother Abu Nasr Firuz Kharshadh, who was shortly given the" laqab" of" Baha' al- Dawla."
However, Samsam al- Dawla, with the aid of Fuladh ibn Manadhar, suppressed the rebellion, and imprisoned Baha al- Dawla.
After this event, Asfar is no longer mentioned.
Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud
Rashid al- Dawla Mahmud, full name Mahmud bin Shibl al- Dawla Nasr bin Salih bin Mirdas, also known as Abu Salama Mahmud bin Nasr bin Salih,( died 1075) was the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1060 to 1061 and again from 1065 until his death.
Mahmud was the son of Shibl al- Dawla Nasr and a Numayri princess named Mani'a al- Sayyida al -' Alawiyya.
Salih ibn Mirdas
Abu Ali Salih ibn Mirdas , also known by his "laqab" (honorific epithet)
Asad al-Dawla ("Lion of the State"), was the founder of the Mirdasid dynasty and emir of Aleppo from 1025 until his death in May 1029.
At its peak, his emirate (principality) encompassed much of the western Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), northern Syria and several central Syrian towns.
With occasional interruption, Salih's descendants ruled Aleppo for the next five decades.
Salih launched his career in 1008, when he seized the Euphrates river fortress of al-Rahba.
In 1012, he was imprisoned and tortured by the emir of Aleppo, Mansur ibn Lu'lu'.
Two years later he escaped, capturing Mansur in battle and releasing him for numerous concessions, including half of Aleppo's revenues.
This cemented Salih as the paramount emir of his tribe, the Banu Kilab, many of whose chieftains had died in Mansur's dungeons.
With his Bedouin warriors, Salih captured a string of fortresses along the Euphrates, including Manbij and Raqqa, by 1022.
He later formed an alliance with the Banu Kalb and Banu Tayy tribes and supported their struggle against the Fatimids of Egypt.
During this tribal rebellion, Salih annexed the central Syrian towns of Homs, Baalbek and Sidon, before conquering Fatimid-held Aleppo in 1025, bringing "to success the plan which guided his [Banu Kilab] forebears for a century", according to historian Thierry Bianquis.
Salih established a well-organized administration over his Aleppo-based domains.
Militarily, he relied on the Banu Kilab, while entrusting fiscal administration to his local Christian vizier, policing to the "aḥdāth " (urban militia) under Salim ibn Mustafad, and judicial matters to a Shia Muslim "qāḍī" (head judge).
His rule was officially tolerated by the Fatimids, to whom he paid formal allegiance.
His alliance with the Banu Tayy ultimately drew him into conflict with the Fatimid general, Anushtakin al-Dizbari, whose forces killed Salih in battle near Lake Tiberias.
Salih was succeeded by his sons Nasr and Thimal.
Ali ibn Kama
Ali ibn Kama, the uncle of the Buyid ruler Rukn al- Dawla and the latter's other brothers Mu'izz al- Dawla and Imad al- Dawla, was a Buyid military officer who became prominent among the Buyids of Jibal, and was greatly honored among his Daylamite kinsmen.
At the death of Imad al- Dawla in 949, Ali was appointed as the viceroy of Ray by Rukn al- Dawla, who went to Shiraz to secure the succession of his son there, Adud al- Dawla.
Meanwhile, the Samanids used this opportunity to invade the territories of Rukn al- Dawla, forcing Ali to flee from Jibal.
In ca. 959, a battle ensured between Ali and the Ziyarid prince Bisutun, which resulted in a Buyid victory.
In 966, Ali and Rukn al- Dawla defeated a large force of" ghazis" who had arrived from Khorasan.
Rukn al- Dawla later died in 976 and was succeeded by his son Fakhr al- Dawla, who had Ali executed.
Ziyar ibn Shahrakuya
Ziyar ibn Shahrakuya( also spelled Shahrakawayh), was a high- ranking Gilaki military officer who served the Buyids.
Ziyar was the son of Shahrakawayh, the son of Harusindan, the maternal uncle of the Ziyarid ruler Mardavij.
Ziyar had a cousin, who married the Buyid ruler Adud al- Dawla, and bore him one son named Abu Kalijar Marzuban.
During that period, Ziyar, along with a Daylamite officer named Fuladh ibn Manadhar, dominated the Buyid court of Baghdad.
After the death of Adud al- Dawla in 983, the Buyid Empire was thrown into civil war; the Empire was disputed between his two sons Abu Kalijar Marzuban( who took the name Samsam al- Dawla) and Sharaf al- Dawla.
The Turkic soldiers of Iraq shortly betrayed Samsam al- Dawla, and went towards to the court of Sharaf al- Dawla.
However, Ziyar managed to make most of them change their mind and stay loyal to Samsam al- Dawla.
In 987, Sharaf al- Dawla marched towards Baghdad and deposed Samsam al- Dawla.
He then imprisoned Fuladh and had Ziyar executed.
Safiyy al-Dawla
Ṣafiyy al- Dawla Muḥammad
ibn ʿ Ali ibn Jaʾfar ibn Falāh was the Fatimid governor of Aleppo between October 1022 and April 1023.
He was specifically assigned to govern the city, while the citadel of Aleppo was assigned to a separate governor, the eunuch Yumn al- Dawla Sa'adat.
This marked the first time the Fatimids appointed separate rulers for the city and citadel of Aleppo since they gained direct control over the city in October 1016.
Safiyy al- Dawla belonged to the Kutama, a militant Berber group that played a major role in the Fatimid military, and he was the grandson of the Fatimid general Ja'far ibn Fallah.
He was bestowed with the title" ṣafiyy al- dawla"( chosen of the State).
Safiyy al- Dawla and Yumn al- Dawla were appointed to Aleppo to replace Abu'l- Najm Badr.
Nothing is known about their reign and Safiyy al- Dawla was dismissed in April 1023, and succeeded by Sanad al- Dawla Hasan.
Aziz al-Dawla
ʿ Azīz al- Dawla Abū Shujāʿ Fātik al- Waḥīd ī ibn ʿ Abd Allāh al- Rūmī, better known simply as Aziz al- Dawla( d. 1022), was the first Fatimid governor of Aleppo in 1016/ 17–1022.
An ethnic Armenian, Aziz al- Dawla started his political career as a trusted" ghulam"( military slave) of Manjutakin al- Azizi, the Fatimid governor of Damascus during the reign of Caliph al- Hakim( 996–1021).
The latter appointed Aziz al- Dawla governor of Aleppo, which experienced prosperity during his rule.
By 1020, Aziz al- Dawla was acting independently of al- Hakim's authority by issuing coins in his name and having his political sovereignty declared in Friday prayers.
When al- Hakim sent an army to force Aziz al- Dawla into submission, the latter appealed for Byzantine support but canceled the appeal when al- Hakim mysteriously disappeared in early 1021.
Afterward, the Fatimid court attempted to reconcile with Aziz al- Dawla, who nonetheless moved to secure his rule by building a well- fortified palace at the foot of the Aleppo's citadel.
In July 1022, Aziz al- Dawla was murdered in his sleep by one of his" ghulams"( slave soldier) in a plot devised by another of his" ghulams", Abu'l- Najm Badr, with likely backing from al- Hakim's virtual successor, Sitt al- Mulk.
Badr briefly succeeded Aziz al- Dawla as governor but was arrested three months later.
Shibl al-Dawla Nasr
Abu Kamil Nasr ibn Salih ibn Mirdas (died 22 May 1038), also known by his "laqab" (honorific epithet) of Shibl al-Dawla ("Lion cub of the Dynasty"), was the second Mirdasid emir of Aleppo, ruling between 1029/30 until his death.
He was the eldest son of Salih ibn Mirdas, founder of the Mirdasid dynasty.
Nasr fought alongside his father in the battle of al-Uqhuwanah near Tiberias, where Salih was killed by a Fatimid army led by Anushtakin al-Dizbari.
Afterward, Nasr ruled the emirate jointly with his brother Thimal.
The young emirs soon faced a large scale Byzantine offensive led by Emperor Romanos III.
Commanding a much smaller force of Bedouin horsemen, Nasr routed the Byzantines at the Battle of Azaz.
Following his victory, he ousted Thimal from Aleppo and entered into Byzantine vassalage, while attempting to maintain ties with the Fatimids.
He nominally recognized Fatimid suzerainty in 1037 and was concurrently given control of Hims, which the Mirdasids had lost several years prior.
Anushtakin, who had become governor of Syria, objected to Nasr's acquisition of Hims; in 1038, his forces marched against Nasr and killed him during a battle in Hama's environs.
Thimal succeeded Nasr, but Aleppo fell to Anushtakin weeks later.
Mirdasid rule was restored and continued with some interruption until 1080.
Nasr renovated the Aleppo Citadel and made it his seat of power.
Under the direction of his local Christian vizier, Aleppo was expanded and urbanized to accommodate an influx of Muslims from the countryside.
Nasr's rule was limited to the northern Syrian portion of the emirate, while the Mirdasids' Upper Mesopotamian fortresses were controlled by Thimal.
Though relations with his Banu Kilab tribe were strained at times, Nasr secured strong ties with the Banu Numayr by marrying the Numayri princess al-Sayyida Alawiyya.
From her, he had his only known son, Mahmud, who ruled Aleppo in 1065–1075.
Sama' al-Dawla
Sama' al- Dawla was the Buyid ruler of Hamadan( 1021- 1023 or 1024).
He was the son of Shams al- Dawla.
Upon his father's death, Sama' al- Dawla succeeded him to the governorship of that province.
Only after a short reign, however, the Kakuyid ruler Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar overran Hamadan and ended Sama' al- Dawla's rule.

Question: Where was the place of death of Shibl Al-Dawla Nasr's father?
Answer: Lake Tiberias