Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul

وفاة نور الدين أرسلان شاه صاحب الموصل

c. 1210 CE · 607 AH

Mosul

Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul died — Ibn al-Athir recalls his valor and notorious stinginess; his young son Izz al-Din Mas'ud II succeeded and the mamluks ruled 1.

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120012101220 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Mosul

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Summary

Nur al-Din Arslan Shah ibn Izz al-Din Mas'ud, lord of Mosul, died. He was among the bravest and the most miserly of kings, and so much was said of him. After him his young son Izz al-Din Mas'ud succeeded, and his mamluks alone took charge of affairs 2.

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Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul defeated by al-Adil's armies· al-Malik al-Qahir Mas'ud· Great Mosque of al-Nuri· al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· death of Quṭb al-Dīn Mawdūd — Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī II succeeds in Mosul

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 353
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.353
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Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul defeated by al-Adil's armies

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