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  "ar": "الملك القاهر مسعود",
  "en": "al-Malik al-Qahir Mas'ud"
 },
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  "ar": "صاحب الموصل السلطان الملك القاهر عز الدين أبو الفتح مسعود بن السلطان نور الدين أرسلان شاه بن مسعود الأتابكي الزنكي؛ ولد سنة تسعين وخمسمائة وتملك بعد أبيه وله سبع عشرة سنة وكان موصوفاً بالملاحة والعدل والسماحة؛ قيل إنه سُمّ ومات في ربيع الآخر سنة خمس عشرة وستمائة وله خمس وعشرون سنة وعظم على الرعية فقده؛ وولي بعده بعهد منه ولده نور الدين أرسلان شاه ويسمى أيضاً علياً وله عشر سنين فمات في أواخر السنة أيضاً {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}.",
  "en": "Lord of Mosul, Sultan al-Malik al-Qahir Izz al-Din Abu'l-Fath Mas'ud, son of Sultan Nur al-Din Arslan Shah ibn Mas'ud al-Atabegi al-Zengi. He was born in 590 and succeeded his father at seventeen; he was described as handsome, just and generous. It was said that he was poisoned; he died in Rabi' II 615, aged twenty-five, and his loss weighed heavily on his subjects. He was succeeded, by his own appointment, by his son Nur al-Din Arslan Shah, also called Ali, who was ten years old and died later the same year {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}."
 },
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  "latest": 1219.0003217040417
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   "edtf": "1194~",
   "hijri": "0590",
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   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 590هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1218~",
   "hijri": "0615-04",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "ربيع الآخر 615هـ وله خمس وعشرون سنة وقيل سُمّ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}."
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   "hijri": "0590",
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   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 590هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}."
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   "edtf": "1218~",
   "hijri": "0615-04",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "note": "ربيع الآخر 615هـ وله خمس وعشرون سنة وقيل سُمّ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}."
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب لابن العماد — الجزء الخامس، ممسوح مكتبة الحصاد (AAlexandrina-001518)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-shadharat-batch-123"
  },
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "صاحب الموصل السلطان الملك القاهر عز الدين أبو الفتح مسعود بن السلطان نور الدين أرسلان شاه بن مسعود الأتابكي الزنكي؛ ولد سنة تسعين وخمسمائة وتملك بعد أبيه وله سبع عشرة سنة، وكان موصوفاً بالملاحة والعدل والسماحة. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته",
     "markdown": "قيل إنه سُمّ ومات في ربيع الآخر سنة خمس عشرة وستمائة وله خمس وعشرون سنة، وعظم على الرعية فقده؛ وولي بعده بعهد منه ولده نور الدين أرسلان شاه ويسمى أيضاً علياً وله عشر سنين، فمات في أواخر السنة أيضاً. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-malik-al-qahir-masud",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Lord of Mosul — the sultan al-Malik al-Qahir 'Izz al-Din Abu'l-Fath Mas'ud b. Sultan Nur al-Din Arslan Shah b. Mas'ud the Atabegid Zangid; born in 590, he ruled after his father at seventeen, described as handsome, just and generous. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His death",
     "markdown": "It was said he was poisoned; he died in Rabi' II 615 at twenty-five, and the people felt his loss grievously. After him ruled, by his own appointment, his son Nur al-Din Arslan Shah — also called 'Ali — aged ten, who died at the year's end likewise. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-malik-al-qahir-masud",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-21"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "موصل کا مالک سلطان ملک قاہر عز الدین ابو الفتح مسعود بن سلطان نور الدین ارسلان شاہ بن مسعود اتابکی زنگی؛ 590 میں پیدا ہوا اور باپ کے بعد سترہ برس کی عمر میں تخت نشین ہوا — خوبصورت، عادل اور فیاض بتایا گیا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات",
     "markdown": "کہا جاتا ہے اسے زہر دیا گیا؛ ربیع الآخر 615 میں پچیس برس کی عمر میں فوت ہوا اور رعیت پر اس کا فقدان بڑا ہوا؛ بعد میں اس کے حکم سے اس کا بیٹا نور الدین ارسلان شاہ — جسے علی بھی کہتے ہیں — دس برس کی عمر میں بنا اور وہ بھی اسی سال کے آخر میں فوت ہوا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 62}"
    }
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    "id": "person/al-malik-al-qahir-masud",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
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  "person/abu-al-abbas-al-qurti",
  "person/abu-al-hajjaj-al-biyasi",
  "person/abu-al-mahasin-al-shawwa",
  "person/abu-ali-al-shalubin",
  "person/abu-bakr-ibn-qawam",
  "person/abu-musa-al-maqdisi",
  "person/abyari-ali-ibn-ismail",
  "person/ahmad-ibn-yusuf-al-tifashi",
  "person/ajiba-bint-al-baqdari"
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