MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jawhar

911 - 992

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Al-Qaid Jawhar ibn Abdallah (Arabic: جوهر بن عبد الله, romanized: Jawhar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, better known as Jawhar al Siqilli, al-Qaid al-Siqilli, "The Sicilian General", or al-Saqlabi, "The Slav"; born in the Byzantine empire and died 28 April 992) was a Shia Muslim Fatimid general who led the conquest of Maghreb, and subsequently the conquest of Egypt, for the 4th Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. He served as viceroy of Egypt until al-Mu'izz's arrival in 973, consolidating Fatimid control over the country and laying the foundations for the city of Cairo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jawhar has received more than 309,789 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jawhar is the 541st most popular military personnel (up from 606th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 236th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jawhar ranks 541 out of 2,058. Before him are Julian, Count of Ceuta, Walter Rauff, Saitō Hajime, Pavel Batitsky, John Hawkins, and Friedrich Dollmann. After him are Heinz Lammerding, Ivan Yakubovsky, Hasdrubal Gisco, Mitsuo Fuchida, Paul Revere, and Alexander von Kluck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 911, Jawhar ranks 1. After him are Alberic II of Spoleto, Gisela of France, and Alfonso Fróilaz. Among people deceased in 992, Jawhar ranks 3. Before him are Mieszko I of Poland, and Ibn Babawayh. After him are Leo the Deacon, Conan I of Rennes, Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Matilda of France, and Oswald of Worcester.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Jawhar ranks 231 out of 642. Before him are John Tristan, Count of Valois (1250), Yuya (-1500), Al-Mustansir Billah (1029), Sufi Abu Taleb (1925), Ahmed Aboul Gheit (1942), and Meketaten (-1348). After him are Amun-her-khepeshef (-1300), Prince Rahotep (-2700), An-Nasir Muhammad (1285), Pope Peter I of Alexandria (300), Tjuyu (-1401), and Omar Suleiman (1936).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Egypt

Among military personnels born in Egypt, Jawhar ranks 3. Before him are Eli Cohen (1924), and Ashraf Marwan (1944). After him are Saad el-Shazly (1922), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), Al-Ashraf Kujuk (1334), and Al-Salih Hajji (1372).

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