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.
12Turanshah 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.
8The 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.