| In Egyptian folklore [ ] Shajar al-Durr is one of the characters of Life of al-Zahir Baibars , a of thousands of pages that was composed in Egypt during the early Mamluk era and took its final form at the early era | Then, Aybak, fearing the growing power of the Salihiyya Mamluks who, with Shajar al-Durr, had installed him as a Sultan, had their leader Faris ad-Din Aktai murdered |
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| Architecture [ ] Shajar Al-Durr was well known for adopting the indigenous architecture of Bahri Mamluk tombs and combining them with or schools of Islam | To placate the Ayyubids in Syria the Mamluks nominated an Ayyubid child named al-Sharaf Musa as a co-sultan |
Death [ ] Tomb of Shajar al-Durr By 1257 disputes and suspicion had become part of the relations between Aybak, a Sultan who was searching for security and supremacy, and his wife Shajar al-Durr, a former Sultana who had a strong will and managed a country on edge of collapse during an external invasion.
12| Turanshah went straight to Al Mansurah and on 6 April, 1250 the crusaders were entirely defeated at the and King was captured | Al-Maqrizi, al-Mawaiz wa al-'i'tibar bi dhikr al-khitat wa al-'athar,Matabat aladab,Cairo 1996, |
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| Her naked body was found lying outside the Citadel | Tree of Pearls: The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar al-Durr Oxford University Press, 2020• 1 — Abu Al-Fida, pp |
Faris ad-Din Aktai was already angry of Turanshah because he did not promote him to the rank of Emir as he promised him when they were in Hasankeyf.
8| The names were used by Shajar al-Durr to legitimate and consolidate her position as an heir and ruler | From Gaza they went to Al Salhiyah where they were received by the Vice-sultan Hossam ad-Din |
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| The History of Egypt — The Mamluk Sultanate | The Musta'simiyah the Salihiyah Queen of the Muslims Mother of King al-Mansur Khalil Emir of the faithful and Shajarat al-Durr |
Many Muslim historians believed that she was of either , , or origin and some believed that she was of origin.