At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
After his early education in Cairo, al-Qifti went in 583/1187 to Jerusalem, where his father had been appointed deputy to the Qadi al-Fadil, Salah al-Din's famous chancellor and adviser; he spent many years there as a student, already gathering the material for his later works 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti· al-Qadi al-Fadil
- Occurred at
- Jerusalem
- During the reign of
- al-Nasir li-Din Allah Ahmad ibn al-Mustadi'
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Salah teaches at the Salahiyya madrasa in Jerusalem on his second tour, c. 618· The demolition of Jerusalem's walls brings Ibn al-Salah to Damascus: the Rawahiyya post, c. 619· Demolition of the walls of Jerusalem, 616· Al-Qifti leaves Jerusalem for Aleppo, 598/1201· Al-Malik al-Zahir puts al-Qifti over Aleppo's diwan of finances, c. 606/1210· Al-Malik al-Aziz reappoints al-Qifti over the diwan of finances, 616/1219· Al-Qifti resigns on al-Malik al-Zahir's death, 613/1216· Salah al-Din recovers Jerusalem
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 872
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qifti moves to Jerusalem with his father, 583/1187”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/qifti-jerusalem-583/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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