At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Identifiers
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Life in time
Overview
Jawhar the commander, a freedman of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. The caliph sent him and he took Egypt in 358 AH. 2
The conquest of Egypt and the founding of Cairo
Al-Suyuti says that he was sent with a hundred thousand horsemen, and that he alighted on the site of present-day Cairo and laid out its plan, and built the residence of the amirate for al-Mu'izz, which is known as al-Qasrayn. 2
He cut off the Friday sermon for the Abbasids, wore black and clothed the preachers in white, and ordered a new formula for the sermon with the names of the imams, the fathers of al-Mu'izz. 2
In al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrizi reports that the treasure, which came to twenty-four million dinars in 357 AH, was all spent on the armies al-Mu'izz sent to Egypt from 358 to 362 AH. 3
He also reports that when Jawhar settled the site, he built the first wall of mud brick and named it al-Mansuriyya, before al-Mu'izz named the city al-Qahira. 4
When Jawhar entered Egypt and built Cairo, he proclaimed the Shi'i doctrine and had "hayya 'ala khayr al-'amal" called in the mosques. 5
In Ibn al-Athir
Ibn al-Athir says that al-Mu'izz sent him in 358 AH with a large army to Egypt, where he took power. He was a freedman of al-Mu'izz's father al-Mansur, and he was a Roman. 6
Connections
- Participated in
- Jawhar's conquest of Egypt and the laying out of Cairo
People and things also explored
al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah Ma'add ibn al-Mansur· Jawhar's conquest of Egypt and the laying out of Cairo
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 620-621
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.620-621
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1011
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.1067
- Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa-l-i'tibar bi-dhikr al-khitat wa-l-athar (al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya), ed. Muhammad Zaynhum and Madiha al-Sharqawi (Cairo: Maktabat Madbuli, 1998) , p.2173
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.444
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “جوهر القائد مولى المعز”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jawhar-al-siqilli/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.