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Waththab ibn Thimal ibn Salih ibn Mirdas was a Mirdasid emir (prince) and a leader of the Banu Kilab tribe in northern Syria during the decline and fall of his dynasty, which had ruled the Emirate of Aleppo in 1024–1080, with interruptions. His father was Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal, who had been emir of Aleppo in 1042–1062, with interruptions.

Life
Waththab was the son of the Mirdasid emir Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal and his Numayrid wife al-Sayyida al-Alawiyya, the daughter of the Numayrid ruler of Harran, Waththab ibn Sabiq. In 1050 Waththab was sent as part of a Mirdasid delegation including his mother and the shaykh al-dawla (lieutenant of the emir of Aleppo), Ali ibn Ahmad al-Aysar, to the court of Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir in Cairo. The embassy was intended to reconcile Thimal with the Fatimid caliph following Thimal's victories over two Fatimid armies sent against him in 1048 and 1049. The Mirdasids delivered two years of missed tribute to the caliph and many gifts, but the sources credit the personal efforts of Waththab's mother for its success. Al-Mustansir recognized Thimal as emir of Aleppo.