At a glance
- Roles
- Patron
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Arghwan, founder of the Hafiziyya madrasa, aunt of al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Turanshah b. al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din; a slave-girl of the bustard whom al-Malik al-'Adil freed — she acquired great wealth, endowed it, and built the Hafiziyya madrasa with its great garden; a lady, trustworthy and honoured. 1
Her death
She died at Cairo on 20 Sha'ban 648 and was buried in her madrasa. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 248-249
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Arghwan, called al-Hafiziyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-hafiziyya-arghwan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.