Jamal al-Din Shadbakht

Jamal ad-Din Shadbakht (fl. 12th century) was a mamluk and atabeg of Zengid ruler As-Salih Ismail al-Malik who served as lieutenant of Aleppo citadel between 1174 and 1181.

Life

He was an Indian freed slave of Nur ad-Din Zengi, and played an important role in the transfer of power from Nur ud-Din to As-Salih Ismail. During the reign of Saladin, he was stripped of his position and was exiled to the fortress of Azaz in 1183.^[1]^[2]

Shadbakht built two madrassas in Aleppo, including the Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, as well as a khanqah in Harran.^[3]

References

^ Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.
^ Necipoğlu, Gülru; Behrens-Abouseif, Doris; Contadinia, Anna (2004). Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers. BRILL. p. 303. ISBN 978-90-04-13964-0.
^ Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.

[1] Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.

[2] Necipoğlu, Gülru; Behrens-Abouseif, Doris; Contadinia, Anna (2004). Essays in Honor of J.M. Rogers. BRILL. p. 303. ISBN 978-90-04-13964-0.

[3] Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.

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