قتل شجر الدر زوجها عز الدين أيبك
قتل شجر الدر زوجها عز الدين أيبك
c. 1257 CE · 655 AH
In 655 al-Mu'izz Aybak, sultan of Egypt, died — killed by his wife Shajar al-Durr; they raised his son al-Malik al-Mansur Ali after him 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In time
Overview
In 655 AH al-Mu'izz Aybak, sultan of Egypt, died, and the sources report that his wife Shajar al-Durr killed him. After him they made his son al-Mansur Ali sultan. 1
Ibn al-Imad's account
Ibn al-Imad reports that news of al-Mu'izz's marriage to the daughter of the lord of Mosul spread, and this weighed heavily on Shajar al-Durr. She agreed with a group of servants and promised them money. When he entered the bath, they threw him to the ground and strangled him in the night. In the morning the emirs found him dead. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- عز الدين أيبك التركماني الملك المعز· شجر الدر سلطانة مصر
People and things also explored
قتل توران شاه وسلطنة شجر الدر· عز الدين أيبك التركماني الملك المعز· شجر الدر سلطانة مصر
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 710
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 275
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islam.museum contributors. “قتل شجر الدر زوجها عز الدين أيبك”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/aybak-murder-655/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.