- And alus ▁into ▁the ▁compet ing ▁ta ifa ▁kingdom s , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ta ifa ▁r ul ers , ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁dynast y ▁and ▁could ▁not ▁claim ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁cal i ph , ▁im itated ▁Al man zor ▁and ▁used ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁ha j ib , ▁rather ▁than ▁mal ik ▁(" king "), ▁thus ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁fiction ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁simply ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁long - van ished ▁cal i ph . ▁ ▁Eastern ▁Islam ic ▁dynast ies ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁dynast ies ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁after ▁the ▁fragment ation ▁of ▁the ▁Abb as id ▁C ali ph ate ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 th – 1 0 th ▁centuries ▁model led ▁their ▁administrative ▁and ▁court ly ▁practices ▁on ▁the ▁Abb as ids . ▁Thus ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁ha j ib ▁was ▁still ▁used ▁for ▁master s ▁of ▁cer emon ies ▁and ▁inter medi aries ▁between ▁the ▁r uler ▁to ▁the ▁b ureau c racy , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁a ▁military ▁rank ▁given ▁to ▁gener als ▁and ▁provincial ▁govern ors . ▁ ▁Thus ▁in ▁the ▁Sam an id ▁dynast y ▁( 8 1 9 – 9 9 9 ), ▁which ▁also ▁re lied ▁on ▁a ▁Turk ic - domin ated ▁gh il man ▁corps , ▁the ▁title ▁was ▁originally ▁restricted ▁to ▁the ▁r uler ' s ▁household , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 0 th ▁century ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁ac quire ▁a ▁military