Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: شجر الدر, lit. 'Tree of Pearls'), also Shajarat al-Durr (شجرة الدر), whose royal name was al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar...
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Mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr is a mausoleum housing the tomb of the female Ayyubid sultan Shajar al-Durr in Cairo, Egypt. It is located on al-Khalifa Street...
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throne in late 1242. He is noted for his opposition to the rise of Shajar al-Durr to the Egyptian throne during the Seventh Crusade. He sent a message...
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Damietta in 1249 and the murder of his heir and son Turanshah in 1250, Shajar al-Durr, the widow of as-Salih Ayyub, with the help and support of the Mamluks...
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to the throne. In Comoros, there have been several ruling sultanas. Shajar al-Durr became the ruling sultana of Egypt on May 1250. Razia Sultana (r. 1236–1240)...
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Meanwhile, as-Salih Ayyub died, but Shajar al-Durr and as-Salih Ayyub's Bahri Mamluk generals, including Rukn al-Din Baybars and Aybak, countered the...
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and subsequently to the first of Egypt's Mamluk Sultans, Izz al-Din Aybak. Shajar al-Durr plotted the murder of Aybak, after which she became ruler of...
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line. Some historians, however, consider Shajar al-Durr as the first of the Mamluk Sultans; thus, to them Al-Mansur Ali was the third Mamluk Sultan and...
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As-Salih Ayyub (redirect from Al-Malik al-Salih)
Bedouin who transferred him to al-Nasir Dawud's control, in which he was held as a prisoner in Kerak, along with Shajar al-Durr who gave birth to their son...
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and Ayyubid forces led by Sultana Shajar al-Durr, vizier Fakhr ad-Din ibn as-Shaikh, Faris ad-Din Aktai and Baibars al-Bunduqdari. It was fought in present-day...
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Raymond Durr (1901–?), French wrestler Virginia Foster Durr, a former American civil rights activist Shajar al-Durr (died 1257), ruler of Egypt Dürr, a list...
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Ayyubid dynasty begun by Saladin. Shajar al-Durr was not accepted by the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim in Baghdad. Shajar, who had married her commander Aybak...
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Mamluks he had owned as slaves murdered his son and heir al-Muazzam Turanshah, and Shajar al-Durr the widow of as-Salih became the Sultana of Egypt. She...
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Mamluk Sultanate (redirect from Dawla al-Turkiyya)
between an-Nasir Yusuf of Damascus and al-Mughith Umar of al-Karak. Consensus settled on al-Salih's widow, Shajar al-Durr. She ensured the Salihiyya's dominance...
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historians regard Shajar al-Durr as the first of the Mamluk Sultans. – (Shayyal, p.115/vol.2) Al-Maqrizi described Shajar al-Durr as the first of the...
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Qutuz (redirect from Al-Malik al-Muzaffar Saif ad-Din Qutuz)
vice-sultan for Aybak's son al-Mansur Ali. Qutuz led the Mu'izi Mamluks who had arrested Aybak's widow Shajar al-Durr and installed al-Mansur Ali as the new...
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Egypt and the Levant. Fakhr al-Din ibn Sheikh al-Shaykh: Atabek al-Asakir during the reign of Shajar al-Durr and one of the commanders of the Egyptian army...
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the sultanate was effectively ruled by al-Salih's widow Shajar al-Durr and Fakhr al-Din. Fakhr al-Din moved with a newly formed army to Mansurah, taking...
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Turan Shah (Arabic: توران شاه), (? – 2 May 1250), (epithet: al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah (Arabic: الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه)) was...
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Baybars (redirect from Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Bunduqdari)
soldiers assassinated Turanshah, leading to as-Salih Ayyub's widow Shajar al-Durr being named sultana. In 1254, a power shift occurred in Egypt, as Aybak...
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Egyptian cinema. In the 13th century, the Turkish Or Armenian slave girl Shajar al-Durr wins the heart of the last Ayubbid ruler, As-Salih Ayyub, and so begins...
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History of Islam (section Al-Andalus)
Afghanistan and Kashmir. Al-Musta'sim was the last Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad and is noted for his opposition to the rise of Shajar al-Durr to the Egyptian throne...
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November 1249, his widow Shajar al-Durr concealing the news of her husband's death. She forged a document which appointed his son al-Muazzam Turanshah, then...
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An-Nasir Yusuf (redirect from Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf)
Egypt, Shajar al-Durr (widow of as-Salih Ayyub ) seized the throne of Egypt. An-Nasir Yusuf, being an Ayyubid, refused to recognize Shajar al-Durr as the...
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List of Ayyubid rulers (section Emirs of al-Karak)
son of al-Mu'azzam Isa, 1227–1229 Al-Ashraf Musa, son of al-Adil I, 1229–1237 As-Salih Ismail, son of al-Adil I, 1237–1238 Al-Kamil, son of al-Adil I...
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Iraq. 1250 Shajar al-Durr (al-Salih Ayyub's Widow de facto ruler of Egypt) 1250 Aybak 1257 Al-Mansur Ali 1259 Qutuz 1260 Baibars 1277 Al-Said Barakah...
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the trip to Mecca is said to have started during the rule of Queen Shajar al-Durr, however the practice was not widely accepted as tradition until the...
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during the reign of Sultan Turan Shah in March 1250 and then Sultana Shajar al-Durr. He then became the first vizier of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate during...
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as his second wife after Shajar al-Durr. However, Aybak was killed before the marriage could take place. Mosul under Badr al-Din Lu'lu' was characterized...
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split between al-Nasir Yusuf of Damascus and al-Mughith Umar of al-Karak. Consensus settled on al-Salih's widow, Shajar ad-Durr. Shajar ad-Durr ensured the...
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