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 "id": "event/isfahan-caliphal-591",
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 "slug": "isfahan-caliphal-591",
 "label": {
  "ar": "ملك عسكر الخليفة أصفهان",
  "en": "The caliphal army's takeover of Isfahan (591 AH)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة إحدى وتسعين وخمسمائة جهّز الخليفة الناصر لدين الله جيشاً مقدمهم سيف الدين طغرل مقطع بلد اللحف من العراق إلى أصفهان، وكان بها عسكر لخوارزم شاه مع ولده وأهلها يكرهونهم، فكتب صدر الدين الخجندي رئيس الشافعية بأصفهان — وهو بعد الحاكم على جميع أهلها — إلى الديوان ببغداد يبذل من نفسه تسليم البلد إلى من يصل من عساكر الديوان؛ فوصلوا ونزلوا بظاهر البلد وفارقه الخوارزمية عائدين إلى خراسان وتبعهم بعض العسكر فأخذوا من ساقتهم من قدروا عليه، ودخل عسكر الخليفة أصفهان وملكوها {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 238-239}.",
  "en": "591: al-Nasir's troops under Sayf al-Din Tughril entered Isfahan after Sadr al-Din al-Khujandi — ra'is of its Shafi'is and de facto second ruler — offered the city to Baghdad's Diwan; the hated Khwarazmian garrison withdrew to Khurasan with the caliphals taking stragglers — a rare Abbasid territorial gain deep in the Jibal {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 238-239}."
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  "latest": 1195.9991649383312
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  "start": {
   "hijri": "0591",
   "edtf": "1195",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "سنة ٥٩١هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 238}.",
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  "end": {
   "hijri": "0591",
   "edtf": "1195",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "note": "سنة ٥٩١هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 238}.",
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  "kind": "conquest",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "hijri": "0591",
    "edtf": "1195",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "note": "سنة ٥٩١هـ {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p. 238}.",
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   }
  },
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الكامل في التاريخ — ابن الأثير، مسح kamilt00_201908، ص 238-239",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "status": {
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة 591هـ دخل جيش الخليفة الناصر لدين الله أصفهان بعد أن عرض رئيس الشافعية فيها تسليم البلد. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.238}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الخبر",
     "markdown": "جهّز الخليفة جيشاً بقيادة سيف الدين طغرل إلى أصفهان. وكان فيها عسكر لخوارزم شاه مع ولده، وأهلها يكرهونهم. فكتب [[person/sadr-al-din-al-khujandi|صدر الدين الخجندي]]، رئيس الشافعية، إلى الديوان ببغداد يبذل تسليم البلد. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.238}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الدخول",
     "markdown": "نزل جيش الديوان بظاهر البلد، فغادره الخوارزميون عائدين إلى خراسان، وأخذ بعض العسكر من ساقتهم من قدر عليه. ودخل عسكر الخليفة أصفهان وملكها. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.239}"
    }
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    "id": "event/isfahan-caliphal-591",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 591 AH the army of the caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah entered Isfahan, after the head of the Shafi'is there offered to surrender the city. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.238}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The account",
     "markdown": "The caliph equipped an army under Sayf al-Din Toghril for Isfahan. There were troops of the Khwarazm-shah in it with his son, and the people disliked them. [[person/sadr-al-din-al-khujandi|Sadr al-Din al-Khujandi]], head of the Shafi'is, wrote to the court in Baghdad offering the surrender of the city. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.238}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Entry",
     "markdown": "The court's army came to the outskirts of the city, and the Khwarazmians left for Khurasan; some of their rearguard were caught and taken. The caliph's army entered Isfahan and took it. {cite:kamil-ibn-al-athir p.239}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/isfahan-caliphal-591",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "role": "رئيس شافعية أصفهان الذي بذل تسليمها للديوان",
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