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Ali bin Ahmad Jarjarai came from a small town south of Baghdad . He came to Egypt and entered the service of Sitt Al-Mulk , before becoming secretary to the police chief of Cairo . He was convicted of disloyalty when he opened letters of the secret services in 1013 , as a result of which his hands were cut off. However the Caliph Al-Hakim soon regretted this harsh punishment, and took him back into the palace and promoted him to high office. After the death of Al-Hakim he administered the private estate of the regent Sitt Al-Mulk and after she died in 1023 took over control of the state finances. In the ensuing years Al-Jarjarai exercised power as one of a group of favourites of Az-Zahir , while the kingdom was shaken by a severe famine and a Bedouin revolt in Syria and Palestine . By 1028 he had eliminated his rivals and took the position of Vizir . After the pacification of Syria by Anushtegin Ad-Duzbirir he concerned himself with improving relations with the Byzantine Empire . A ceasefire had been in place since 1027 , and after fresh fighting in 1036 a peace treaty was agreed. The main point of contention was the suzerainty over the Emirate of the Mirdasids in Aleppo , which both powers made claim to. In practice a kind of dual control came into operation. Under the Caliph Al-Mustansir Al-Jarjarai assumed the regency during his minority. He died March 27 1045 . |
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