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Kanz al-Dawla's revolt in Upper Egypt (570 AH)

خلاف الكنز بالصعيد

c. August 1174 CE · c. Muharram 570 AH

Early 570 (1174): Kanz rose in Upper Egypt, drawing crowds of locals, Sudanese and Arabs and killing a Salahiyya amir — brother of Abu al-Hayja 'the Fat'; Abu al-Hayja marched on him with a Saladin detachment, stormed Tud, then caught and killed Kanz and his Arabs, and the country was quiet after him 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

Overview

At the beginning of 570 AH al-Kanz rebelled in Upper Egypt, and a great many of the common people, the Sudanese and the Arabs gathered to him, according to Ibn al-Athir. 2

Cause of the campaign

Al-Kanz killed a Salahi amir in his fief, the brother of the amir Abu al-Hayja al-Samin. Abu al-Hayja marched to fight him, and sent with him Salah al-Din with a group of amirs and many troops. 2

The fighting

The army reached the town of Tud, whose people sheltered against them; they fought its people and prevailed. Then the troops marched to al-Kanz and fought him, and he was killed with those with him of the Arabs and others. Ibn al-Athir says that the land was secure after him and its people were at peace. 2

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Had participant
Kanz al-Dawla· Abu al-Hayja al-Samin· Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

People and things also explored

Abu al-Hayja al-Samin· Kanz al-Dawla· Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt· the great battle at Acre — the sieges fiercest day· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· The scare over the conjunction of six planets in Libra in 582 AH· The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)· Battle of Arsuf

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 64-65
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.64-65
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Abu al-Hayja al-Samin

Abu al-Hayja 'the Fat', among the greatest and bravest of the Salahiyya amirs — when Kanz killed his brother in his Upper-Egypt iqta', he marched with Saladin's detachment, took Tud by storm, then ran Kanz down and killed him in 570.