Ibn al-Dahhak

Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927, fortress of al-Ja'fari) was a Kurdish chieftain, who abandoned Islam, converted to Christianity and entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944). Romanos gave him rich gifts and sent him back to his base, the fortress of al-Ja'fari, located probably in the vicinity of Tarsus.

Ibn al-Dahhak
Died	c. 927 Fortress of al-Ja'fari, near Tarsus, Abbasid Caliphate
Criminal charge	Treason
Penalty	Execution on the orders of Tarsus's Abbasid governor
Details
Victims	unknown
Date	927
Killed	unknown

In late autumn 927, however, he was attacked, defeated and killed by the Abbasid governor of Tarsus, Thamal al-Dulafi.^[1]