Husam al-Din al-Hadhabani

حسام الدين الهذباني

1196 CE · 592 AH – c. 1260 CE · 658 AH

Aleppo

The Kurdish amir (b. Aleppo 592) — al-Salih Ayyub's intimate, his na'ib over Damascus then Egypt's sultanate; epilepsy crept on him till it killed him; he left good verse 1.

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At a glance

Roles
emir · Poet
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · Muwaffaq al-Din al-Kawashi · al-Mursi al-Lawraqi · al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi

In space

Aleppo

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Husam al-Din al-Hadhabani, Abu 'Ali Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Kurdi, among the great and lofty of the state; he enjoyed special closeness to al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din, deputised for him in the sultanate of Damascus then of Egypt, made the hajj in 449 — then epilepsy struck him late in life and grew until he died; born at Aleppo in 592, he has good poetry. 1

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    Aleppo

    People and things also explored

    the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 304
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Husam al-Din al-Hadhabani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husam-al-din-al-hadhabani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    Related

    the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt

    Saladin moved his brother al-Adil from Egypt to govern Aleppo, and set his son al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman over Egypt in his place.