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Shajar al-Durr (Arabic: شجر الدر, lit. 'Tree of Pearls'), also Shajarat al-Durr (شجرة الدر), whose royal name was al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr (الملكة عصمة الدين أم خليل شجر الدر; died 28 April 1257), was a ruler of Egypt.
Jul 4, 2022 · Shajara al-Durr (r. 1250 CE) was the founder of the Mamluk Dynasty in Egypt, the first and only woman to rule Islamic Egypt with the support of her nobles.
As a matter of fact, it was Shajar al-Durr who ran the kingdom's affairs when al-Salih Ayyub grew gravely ill and subsequently, from the moment he died in November 1249 in the midst of the crisis created by the Frank's invasion of Egypt, the Crusade led by St. Louis of France.
One of a handful of strong female Muslim leaders at the time of the Crusades, Shajarat al-Durr was a slave who rose from the ranks of mistress, or lover, to become the wife of the sultan (Muslim leader) of Egypt.
Learn about the life and legacy of Shajar al-Durr, who rose from slavery to become the first and only woman sultan of Egypt in 1250. Discover how she transformed Cairo's architecture with her patronage of madrasas, mosques, and tombs.
Shajar al-Durr, al-Ṣaliḥ’s widow, thereupon proclaimed herself “queen of the Muslims”; she was recognized in Egypt, but the Syrian emirs refused to pay her homage. The caliph took the side of the Syrians and asked the Egyptian emirs to choose a man in her place.…. Read More.
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