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Rabi'a Khatun bint Ayyub

ربيعة خاتون بنت أيوب

1246 CE · 643 AH

Damascus

Rabi'a Khatun bint Ayyub (d. 643) — sister of Salah al-Din and widow of Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi of Irbil; founded the madrasa for Hanbalis at the foot of Qasyun where she was buried; Ibn Khallikan notes she lived to see more than fifty royal kinsmen 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi

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Summary

Rabi'a Khatun bint Ayyub, sister of Sultan Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub and wife of al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Muzaffar al-Din Kukburi, lord of Irbil, died at Damascus and was buried in her madrasa, endowed for the Hanbalis, at the foot of Mount Qasyun. 1

Her house

Ibn Khallikan said: she lived to see more than fifty kings among her male relatives — her brothers and their sons — besides those who were not kings: Irbil belonged to her husband, Mosul to her daughter's sons, Khilat to her brother al-Malik al-Awhad Najm al-Din Ayyub's pupil, the Jazira lands to her nephew al-Ashraf, the Syrian lands to her brothers' sons, and Egypt, the Hijaz and Yemen to her brothers and their sons. 1

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Sibling of
Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub
Died in
Damascus
Buried in
Damascus

People and things also explored

Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· Damascus· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)· Salah al-Din enters Damascus without fighting in 570· al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il b. al-Adil

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus

In Safar 589 Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadhi died at Damascus. He had ridden out to meet the pilgrims, and on his return he fell ill the same day with a severe illness that lasted eight days. Before the illness he had summoned his son al-Afdal Ali and his brother al-Malik al-Adil Abu Bakr and asked their counsel: 'We are now free of the Franks; where shall we aim?' Al-Adil advised a campaign against Khilat, where he had been promised lands; al-Afdal advised the lands of Rum held by the sons of Qilij Arslan, which were larger, had more troops, were quicker to take, and lay on the Franks' route if they came overland. Salah al-Din said: 'You are both remiss and lacking in resolve. Rather, I shall march on the lands of Rum, and you, Adil, take some of my sons and the army to Khilat; when I have finished I will come to you, and we will enter Azerbaijan and join the lands of the 'Ajam, where none will bar us.' He then let al-Adil set off for al-Karak, and Salah al-Din fell ill and died before al-Adil returned. Ibn al-Athir mentions his forbearance: a mamluk threw a sarmuz at some men and it landed near him, and he turned to the other side and spoke to his companion so as to overlook it. He asked for water five times at one sitting and it was not brought, and he said: 'My companions, by God, thirst has killed me!' Water was brought and he drank, and he did not reproach the delay.