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
Dismissed at his own request in 628/1230, al-Qifti was able to devote a few years to his own studies until al-Malik al-Aziz appointed him vizier in 633/1236 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti
- Occurred at
- Aleppo
- During the reign of
- al-Mustansir bi'llah Mansur ibn al-Zahir
People and things also explored
Al-Qifti shelters Yaqut al-Hamawi at Aleppo, c. 625/1228· Al-Malik al-Aziz appoints al-Qifti vizier of Aleppo, 633/1236· Al-Qifti leaves Jerusalem for Aleppo, 598/1201· The Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti dies at Aleppo, Ramadan 646/1248· 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· Yaqut begins the definitive edition of the Mujam al-Buldan for al-Qifti's library, 21 Muharram 625/1 January 1228
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 872
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qifti is dismissed at his own request and turns to writing, 628/1230”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/qifti-steps-down-628/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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