Abu al-Hayja al-Samin

أبو الهيجاء السمين

Abu al-Hayja 'the Fat', among the greatest and bravest of the Salahiyya amirs — when Kanz killed his brother in his Upper-Egypt iqta', he marched with Saladin's detachment, took Tud by storm, then ran Kanz down and killed him in 570 1.

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military
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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موجز

الأمير أبو الهيجاء السمين من أكبر أمراء الصلاحية وأشجعهم، كما يذكر ابن الأثير. قتل الكنز أخاه وكان أميراً في إقطاعه بالصعيد، فسار أبو الهيجاء إلى قتاله ومعه جماعة من الأمراء والعسكر أرسلهم صلاح الدين. افتتح مدينة طود، ثم لحق الكنز فقتله ومن معه سنة 570هـ. 2

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Fought
Kanz al-Dawla
Fought by
Kanz al-Dawla
Participated in
Kanz al-Dawla's revolt in Upper Egypt (570 AH)

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Kanz al-Dawla's revolt in Upper Egypt (570 AH)· Kanz al-Dawla· صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 64-65
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.64-65
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Kanz al-Dawla's revolt in Upper Egypt (570 AH)

Early 570 (1174): Kanz rose in Upper Egypt, drawing crowds of locals, Sudanese and Arabs and killing a Salahiyya amir — brother of Abu al-Hayja 'the Fat'; Abu al-Hayja marched on him with a Saladin detachment, stormed Tud, then caught and killed Kanz and his Arabs, and the country was quiet after him.