The Life and Times of the Ayyūbid Vizier al-Ṣāḥib b. Shukr

This is a description and assessment of the career of al-Ṣāḥib b. Shukr (548-622/1153-1225), the most important vizier of Ayyūbid Egypt. Born in the Delta, and raised in an influential family, he studied to become a jurist. After serving as a judge (qāḍī), he entered the administration of Saladin an...

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1. VerfasserIn: Leiser, Gary 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: De Gruyter [2020]
In: Der Islam
Jahr: 2020, Band: 97, Heft: 1, Seiten: 89-119
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Ibn-Šukr, ʿAbdallāh Ibn-ʿAlī 1153-1125
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
TG Hochmittelalter
weitere Schlagwörter:B al-ʿĀdil
B vizier
B Fifth Crusade
B Egypt
B Ayyūbid
B al-Kāmil
B Ibn Shukr
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Zusammenfassung:This is a description and assessment of the career of al-Ṣāḥib b. Shukr (548-622/1153-1225), the most important vizier of Ayyūbid Egypt. Born in the Delta, and raised in an influential family, he studied to become a jurist. After serving as a judge (qāḍī), he entered the administration of Saladin and subsequently became the vizier of two Ayyūbid sultans, al-ʿĀdil and his son al-Kāmil. His ruthlessness in raising money for them by transforming the Egyptian vizierate into a fund raising institution was a critical factor in their ability to stay in power, and in saving Egypt from the Fifth Crusade. At the same time he patronized the religious class and built the first Mālikī law school (madrasa) in Cairo. His vizierate represented a nexus of administrative and religious authority in Egypt.
ISSN:1613-0928
Enthält:Enthalten in: Der Islam
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/islam-2020-0005