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Region: Levant & Iraq
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Overview

A fine and fertile city, with a wall of black stones. Inside its wall there is running water, mills and gardens. al-Idrisi describes it as one of the highest cities of the Jazira. ¹

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Ruled by: al-Malik al-Mas'ud, lord of Amid
Site of: death of Suqman of Amid — his brother Mahmud succeeds· Jalal al-Din reaches Amid and is routed there· Al-Malik al-Kamil takes Amid, 630· War between Kayqubad and the lord of Amid· Al-Mu'tadid's siege of Amid

People and things also explored

Al-Malik al-Kamil takes Amid, 630· al-Malik al-Mas'ud, lord of Amid· The Mongols· al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ibn al-Adil ibn Ayyub· al-Mu'tadid bi-llah· جلال الدين منكبرتي بن خوارزم شاه· Kayqubad I· death of Suqman of Amid — his brother Mahmud succeeds

Sources

Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 663

al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)

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islam.museum contributors. “Amid (Diyarbakir)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/amid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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Al-Malik al-Kamil takes Amid, 630

In 630 al-Kamil besieged Amid and took it from its lord al-Malik al-Mas'ud; battered by mangonels, al-Mas'ud came out with a kerchief round his neck and yielded the city. When he surrendered every fortress save Kayfa, al-Kamil tortured him for it — a prince he loathed, and justly infamous: they found five hundred free women seized as concubines in his palace.