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ابن شيث القرشي وزير المعظم

ابن شيث القرشي وزير المعظم

c. 1228 CE · 625 AH

Damascus

Ibn Shayth al-Qurashi — in whom excellence, chivalry, generosity and futuwwa met; al-Qadi al-Fadil himself needed him for the chancery art; raised at Qus, he served as al-Mu'azzam's wazir in Damascus and died there in 625, buried in his own turba on Qasyun 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile · Arabia
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa

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Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Ibn Shayth al-Qurashi — God gathered for him excellence, manliness, generosity and gallantry; he gave much in charity and al-Qadi al-Fadil needed him for the art of letters; Abu'l-Muzaffar al-Nadanji wrote him a letter of longing; he held the vizierate for al-Malik al-Mu'azzam in Syria; raised at Qus, he died at Damascus 625 and was buried in his turbah at Qasyun. 1

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    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 117
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    islam.museum contributors. “ابن شيث القرشي وزير المعظم”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-shayth-al-qurashi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

    The mosque raised inside the cave of Mount Qasyun by Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'allim beginning in 370, after a dream in which Jibril bade him build a mosque where God's name would be remembered — he called it Jibril's Cave; a broad prayer-hall floored in white marble, its columns all marble, never empty of the pious at remembrance.