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The mausoleum, the first in Egypt to be attached to a madrasa, was built by Salih al-Din's wife Shajarat al-Durr in 1250. The transitional zone has the earliest example of a Cairene three-tiered brick muqarnas squinch. The mihrab of the mausoleum is the earliest extant example of an Egyptian prayer niche with a marble lining.
In 1132 Ayyub was in the service of Imad al-Din Zengi. He participated in a battle against the Seljuk Sultan near Tikrit and saved Zengi's life when he assisted his retreat across the Tigris . In 1136, Shirkuh killed a Christian with whom he was quarrelling in Tikrit, and the brothers were exiled (Ayyub's son Yusuf, later known as Saladin , was ...
He was the grandson of the more famous Salah al-Din Ayyub, known in the West as Saladdin. However, before his death, he built a rather unique school ( madrasa) between 1242 and 1244, with the later addition of a tomb. This mausoleum was built in 1250 by Shajarat al-Durr, the wife of Salih al-Din who outlived him and became famous as she ruled ...
Madrasa and Mausoleum of Al-Malik As-Salih Najmuddine Ayyoub. Madrasa of al-Salih Nagm al-Din Ayyub. Complex of Salih Najm al Din Ayyub. Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan as-Salih Negm ad-Din (Salihiya Madrasa)
The mausoleum was built in 647 AH\ 1249 AD by Sultana Shajarat al-Durr, wife of Sultan Najm al-Din Ayyub. She commissioned the structure for her husband following his death in the battle against the Crusaders in Mansura. He was buried in al-Rawda Citadel and later removed to the mausoleum when it was completed in 648 AH\ 1250 AD.
Al-Màlik al-Àfdal Najm-ad-Din Ayyub ibn Xadhi ibn Marwan (àrab: الملك ألأفضل نجم الدين أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان, al-Malik al-Afḍal Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Xāḏī ibn Marwān), més conegut simplement com a Najm-ad-Din Ayyub (mort el 9 d'agost de 1173), fou un cap kurd, militar i polític, i pare de Saladí. És l'ancestre immediat de la dinastia aiúbida ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Ayyûb kept Damascus on behalf of Nûr al-dîn and Shîrkûh received Hims.24 Soon after 550/1155 the Shaddâdid of Ani Shaddâd, see above p. 88, came as an exile to the residence of the former vassal of his family, Shîrkûh. The latter died an old man in 564/23 March 1169 and Ayyûb followed him in 568/16 August 1173.
