At a glance
- Roles
- military
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik, known as Ibn al-Muqaddam, one of the greatest Ayyubid (Salahi) emirs. After the conquest of Jerusalem in 583 AH, he asked Salah al-Din for permission to go on pilgrimage from Jerusalem, so that in that year he could combine holy war and the hajj. He was then appointed commander of the pilgrim caravan from Syria. 1
The day of Arafat
Ibn al-Athir relates that on the eve of Arafat he ordered his tents to be pitched. The emir of the Iraqi pilgrims, Mujir al-Din Tashtakin, confronted him and did not stop for him, so the Iraqis attacked the Syrian pilgrims. Ibn al-Muqaddam was wounded while restraining his companions from fighting, out of respect for the sanctity of the place and the day. 1
He died on the same day at Mina and was buried in the cemetery of al-Mu'alla in 583 AH. The conversion to the Gregorian calendar is derived. He is among those who took part in the clash at Arafat in 583 AH. 2
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il ibn Nur al-Din· Mujir al-Din Tashtakin· سيف الدين غازي الثاني صاحب الموصل· Aleppo· Mecca· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The Arafat clash and Ibn al-Muqaddam's killing (583 AH)· the Franks besiege Bānyās — Ibn al-Muqaddam's bluff sends them home
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 162-163
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 163
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Shams al-Din Ibn al-Muqaddam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-muqaddam-shams-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.