Ja'far al-Siqilli

d. 992/381 AH

A Sicilian ghulam of Greek ethnicity. His family originated from the Emirate of Sicily (hence the epithet الصقلي = the Sicilian), and came as a slave to North Africa.

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Variant Names

Ḏj̲awhar al-Kātib al-Ṣiḳillī
Jawhar al-Siqilli