Safiyy al-Dawla

Ṣafiyy al-Dawla Muḥammad ibn ʿAli ibn Jaʾfar ibn Falāh (Arabic: صفي الدولة محمد بن علي بن جعفر بن فلاح) was the Fatimid governor of Aleppo between October 1022 and April 1023.

[1] 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.

[1] 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.

[1] Safiyy al-Dawla belonged to the Kutama, a militant Berber group that had been Arabized and played a major role in the Fatimid military.

[1] He was bestowed with the title ṣafiyy al-dawla (chosen of the State).