The demolition of Jerusalem's walls brings Ibn al-Salah to Damascus: the Rawahiyya post, c. 619

تخريب أسوار القدس ينقل ابن الصلاح إلى دمشق: تدريس الرواحية، نحو ٦١٩هـ

c. 1222 CE · c. 619 AH

When al-Malik al-Mu'azzam had Jerusalem's walls demolished, Ibn al-Salah came to Damascus and was given the teaching post of the Rawahiyya ¹. The demolition began on the first day of Muharram 616; the people fled, some to Damascus ², and Ibn al-Salah settled there for the rest of his life, teaching at the Rawahiyya, then the Ashrafiyya and the Shamiyya ³.

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Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Levant & Iraq
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When al-Malik al-Mu'azzam had Jerusalem's walls demolished, Ibn al-Salah came to Damascus and was given the teaching post of the Rawahiyya. ¹

The wall comes down, the people flee

Work on the wall began on the first day of Muharram 616; the people fled, leaving their property — some to Egypt, some to al-Karak, some to Damascus. Ibn al-Salah settled in Damascus for the rest of his life, teaching at the Rawahiyya, then the Ashrafiyya and the Shamiyya. ² ³

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Had participant: Ibn al-Salah· al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Isa ibn al-Adil, lord of Damascus
Occurred at: Damascus· Jerusalem

People and things also explored

Al-Sakhawi's Syrian rihla: Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, c. 873· Death of al-Malik al-Mu'azzam of Damascus· Ibn al-Salah takes the mashyakha of the al-Ashrafiyya dar al-hadith, then the Shamiyya al-Sughra, 630/1233· Death of Ibn al-Salah at Damascus and burial in the Sufi cemetery, 25 Rabi' II 643/Sept. 1245· Ibn Khallikan settles with Ibn al-Salah at Damascus and gathers his fatwas, 632/1235· Ibn al-Salah teaches at the Salahiyya madrasa in Jerusalem on his second tour, c. 618· Ibn al-Salah enters al-Sham in 617 or earlier: Damascus, Aleppo and Harran, 617/1220· Ibn Taymiyya's return to Damascus under Tankiz, 712/1313

Sources

Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 186
Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 65-66
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 959

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Al-Sakhawi's Syrian rihla: Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, c. 873

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