Yaqut's flight into Khurasan: Nishapur and its Shadhiyakh, c. 614/1217

Name: Yaqut's flight into Khurasan: Nishapur and its Shadhiyakh, c. 614/1217
Location: Nishapur

هروب ياقوت إلى خراسان: نيسابور وشذياخها، نحو ٦١٤هـ/١٢١٧م

c. 1217 CE · c. 614 AH

From Aleppo he travelled to Mosul and Irbil, then on towards Khurasan, keeping clear of Baghdad for fear of meeting his debating opponent, who would recognise him and spread the news — and he would be killed ¹. At Nishapur (Shadhiyakh) he fell in love with a beautiful Turkish slave girl and stayed about two years, then tore himself away to Ray and Sarakhs in sorrow ² ¹.

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Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Persia & Central Asia

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Summary

From Aleppo Yaqut travelled to Mosul and Irbil, then on towards Khurasan, avoiding Baghdad for fear his Damascus opponent might recognise him and spread the news — which would mean death ¹. This was in 613-14/1216-17 ².

Shadhiyakh of Nishapur

At Nishapur awaited him a trial of a sentimental kind: he fell in love with a beautiful Turkish slave girl and stayed near two years, then separated from her — to Ray and Sarakhs — full of sorrow ² ¹.

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Had participant: Yaqut al-Hamawi
Occurred at: Nishapur

People and things also explored

The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur· The Sa'diyya Madrasa of Nishapur· Qasr al-Shadiyakh· Alkaline-glazed ware and its moulds· Black on white ware (Khurasan and Transoxiana)· Chinese wares in the early Islamic world· Colour-splashed ware· Monochrome glazed ware (Nishapur)

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 277
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 265

Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali

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