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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.
- Cairo
- Sunni Islam
- 2 May – 30 July 1250
- Izz al-Din Aybak
Jul 4, 2022 · Shajara al-Durr (r. 1250) was the founder of the Mamluk Dynasty in Egypt, and she was the first and only woman to sit on the Islamic Egyptian throne. She held the title of sultana for only 80 days but left a lasting mark through architectural monuments, which bear her symbol: a tree lined with mother of pearl and inlaid with gold .
Shajar al-Durr: A Case of Female Sultanate in Medieval Islam. Amalia Levanoni. While women were occasionally able to influence matters of rule in Medieval Islam, it is likely that only three reached a formal position of power.
Learn how the domed mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr, the only woman to rule Egypt in the Islamic period, honors her legacy and connects her to other female figures in Cairo's history. The conservation of the dome, which includes a glass mosaic mihrab and a painted polychromy, shows how conservation techniques have evolved and adapted to confront the ravages of time and previous restorations.
Shajar ad-Durr. Egyptian leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in Mamlūk dynasty. In Aybak. 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.
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.
Shajar al-Durr, one of the few women in Muslim history to have ruled as sultana, played an important role in the defeat of the Seventh Crusade. Little is known about her family background except that she was Turkish and had been a slave before her marriage. In 1240, she became the wife of Salih II Ayyub, the sultan of Egypt.
