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al-Nasir, lord of Damascus

الناصر صاحب دمشق

1230 CE · 627 AH – c. 1261 CE · c. 659 AH

Damascus's lord, to whom Hulagu sent the three dread letters after Baghdad's fall 1. Salah al-Din Yusuf b. al-Aziz Muhammad b. al-Zahir Ghazi b. Salah al-Din — born 627, raised to Aleppo's throne at seven (634) while Shams al-Din Lu'lu' and his grandmother Safiyya bint al-Adil governed; he took Damascus without battle in 648 and held it ten years. When Aleppo fell he fled toward Gaza, was taken under aman into Hulagu's service for months, then killed with his brother al-Zahir Ghazi before the khan — his obituary falling under year 660 2.

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Overview

Al-Nasir, lord of Damascus. After the fall of Baghdad, Hulagu sent him three letters threatening him. 1

Hulagu's letters

Al-Suyuti quotes from these letters a phrase asking him to answer "the king of the earth", and forbidding him to say that his fortresses were impregnable and his men were fighters, saying that flight is upon them and pursuit is upon us. 1

Notes for researchers

  • His full name, lineage and dates are not recorded in the data and need an additional source. The only designation in the data is "al-Nasir, lord of Damascus".

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Ruler of
Aleppo· Damascus
Participated in
Damascus submits to the Tatars, 658· Hulagu's threatening letters to al-Nasir, ruler of Damascus

People and things also explored

Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda· ابن الحرستاني· Damascus submits to the Tatars, 658· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 718-719
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 298-299, 307-308
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Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda

Syrian Hanafi scholar, hadith specialist and critical editor, born in Aleppo in 1917 and died in Riyadh in 1997. He taught at Damascus University and at Saudi universities, and his critical editions of major works of hadith and Hanafi jurisprudence became standard editions in seminaries and universities; he published more than seventy authored and edited works.