At a glance
- Roles
- emir
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Badr al-Habashi, the great amir; commander of a hundred horse at Damascus, in the emirate some forty years, famed for valour, mind and counsel. 1
Abolishing the levy
Ibn Shahba said: he was first to abolish what was yearly levied on the pilgrims for the bedouin — ten dirhams on every camel — paying it from his own money; he abolished the tax in 581 and it stayed abolished to Ibn al-'Imad's day. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
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· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 770-771
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Badr al-Habashi al-Sawwabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/badr-al-habashi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.