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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...