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Iqbal al-Shirabi

إقبال الشيرابي

c. 1255 CE · 653 AH

The amir-patron (d. 653) — a madrasa and mosque at Wasit, a Baghdad madrasa on Suq al-Sultan, and at Mecca the restored ribat bearing his name plus the running water of Ayn Arafa for the pilgrims 1.

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At a glance

Roles
emir · Patron
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Arabia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Summary

    Iqbal al-Shirabi built a madrasa at Wasit with a mosque beside it, built a madrasa at Baghdad in the Sultan's Market, renewed at Mecca the ribat that bore his fame and the 'Arafa spring at the station and ran its water for the pilgrims' benefit, and made fine endowments for all of it. 1

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 269
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