Some people at the Egyptian camp knew about the death of as-Salih Ayyub | In addition to the conflict with the Ayyubids of Syria, the Mamluks successfully countered serious rebellions in and |
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Faris ad-Din Aktai was already angry of Turanshah because he did not promote him to the rank of Emir as he promised him when they were in Hasankeyf | Although built outside the walls of the Fatimid city, this tomb was—like the tomb she had built for Sultan Salih—an extraordinary and innovative structure |
Aybak became the sole and absolute ruler of Egypt after the Salihiyya Mamluks who were the supporters of Shajar al-Durr left Egypt and turned against him.
23in 1239, before he became a Sultan, and during his conflict with his brother , as As-Salih Ayyub was captive in and detained in castle of Al Karak | The names were used by Shajar al-Durr to legitimate and consolidate her position as an heir and ruler |
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Coins [ ] The following names and titles were inscribed on the coins of Shajar al-Durr: al-Musta'simiyah al-Salihiyah Malikat al-Muslimin walidat al-Malik al-Mansur Khalil Amir al-Mu'minin | Nonetheless, Shajar al-Durr managed to insert a clear reference to herself in the most highly charged place in any building where prayer occurs, the , where an image of an upright branch with pearlescent fruit recalls her name: shajar tree and durr pearls |
H, Al-Mamalik, Maruf Ikhwan, Alexandria | According to Al-Maqrizi, during that night Shajar al-Durr sent the finger and ring of Aybak to Izz ad-Din Aybak al-Halabi asking him to take over the power but he refused |
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The Middle East in the Middle Ages: The Early Mamluk Sultanate, 1250—1382 | Idem in English: Bohn, Henry G |
Shajar al-Durr was informed of this at the Citadel of the Mountain in Cairo and she agreed.
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