Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Al-Malik al-Nasir Ahmad ibn al-Ashraf Isma'il ibn al-Afdal Abbas, lord of Yemen of the Banu Rasul. 1
His rule
He established himself in the kingdom after his father in 803 AH, and events occurred in his time. Ibn al-Imad describes him as dissolute and oppressive. 1
His death
Ibn al-Imad relates from Ibn Hajar that he died because a thunderbolt fell on his fortress of glass; he was startled by its sound, fell ill and died. This happened on the sixteenth of Jumada al-Akhira 827 AH. Ibn al-Imad comments with a verse about thunderbolts: al-Ra'd 13. 1
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 190
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