At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier · Poet · writer
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
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
Jamal al-Din Ibn Matruh, the katib and poet; born at Asyut in 592, he entered the service of al-Malik al-Kamil then of his son al-Salih, who made him overseer of the treasury; he was in the office of vizier for Damascus in 643, then al-Salih turned on him and he stayed in his house until he died. 1
His verse
Ibn Khallikan said, "between us were letters and firm affection"; he has a diwan, and between him and Baha' Zuhayr was an old love from boyhood until they were like brothers. He bequeathed that his two verses be written at his head: "At the bottom of my pit I am now held in pawn — of my world I possess nothing but a shroud." 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Sayyid Qutb· Yasser Al-Qurashi· 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
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 255-257
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Jamal al-Din Ibn Matruh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jamal-al-din-ibn-matruh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.