Al-Qifti leaves Jerusalem for Aleppo, 598/1201

القفطي يفارق القدس إلى حلب، ٥٩٨هـ

1201 CE · 598 AH

Aleppo

The disturbances that followed Salah al-Din's death forced al-Qifti to leave in 598/1201 for Aleppo, where the protection and encouragement of a friend of his father let him resume his scholarly pursuits for several years 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Aleppo

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Summary

The disturbances that followed Salah al-Din's death forced al-Qifti to leave in 598/1201 for Aleppo, where the protection and encouragement of a friend of his father let him resume his scholarly pursuits for several years 1.

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Had participant
al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti
Occurred at
Aleppo
During the reign of
al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'

People and things also explored

Al-Malik al-Zahir puts al-Qifti over Aleppo's diwan of finances, c. 606/1210· Al-Malik al-Aziz reappoints al-Qifti over the diwan of finances, 616/1219· Al-Qifti resigns on al-Malik al-Zahir's death, 613/1216· Yaqut presented to the vizier al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti at Aleppo, 609/1212· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Al-Ashraf defeats Kaykawus of Rum near Buza'a, 615 AH (1218)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 872
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qifti leaves Jerusalem for Aleppo, 598/1201”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/qifti-aleppo-598/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Al-Malik al-Zahir puts al-Qifti over Aleppo's diwan of finances, c. 606/1210

The Atabeg of Aleppo, al-Malik al-Zahir Ghazi, placed al-Qifti in charge of the diwan of finances — a task he undertook only reluctantly, but which brought him the honorific title al-Qadi al-Akram; the date is approximate within al-Zahir's reign (582–613), before his death and al-Qifti's resignation in 613.