At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
The riot and the flight
The people of Damascus rose against him and nearly killed him; the affair reached the governor al-Mu'tamad al-Mawsili, who sought him in vain. Yaqut fled Damascus and reached Aleppo fearful and watchful; after a few months' refuge he continued his flight towards Khurasan 1 3. He had read Kharijite books earlier, and a strong streak of them had lodged in his mind 1 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Yaqut al-Hamawi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- During the reign of
- al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'
People and things also explored
The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· Birth of the scholar 'Ala' al-Din Ibn al-Nafis at Damascus, c. 607/1210· al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· The crucifixion of a man who claimed to be Jesus, Damascus, 595 AH
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 121
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 277
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 265
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islam.museum contributors. “The Damascus affair: a debate that nearly cost Yaqut his life, and his flight, 613/1216”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yaqut-damascus-incident-613/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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