Khattan ibn Munqidh
حطان بن منقذ
c. 578 AH
Khattan ibn Munqidh, the Yemeni strongman who overshadowed Aden's governor — won down from his fort by Tughrakin's feigned generosity, granted leave to go to Syria, then seized on his farewell visit and stripped of everything including seventy mail-bags of gold; he ended in a citadel prison, killed it was said 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- military · Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
Khattan ibn Munqidh, from the people of Yemen. He grew strong in the land against Izz al-Din Uthman al-Zanjabili, the governor of Aden, until al-Zanjabili feared him and wrote to Salah al-Din suggesting that his family be sent there. 1
With Tughtakin
When Sayf al-Islam Tughtakin came in 578 AH, Khattan took refuge in some of the fortresses. Tughtakin kept giving him safe conduct, sent him gifts and treated him kindly until he came down to him. Then Khattan asked for permission to travel to Syria, and Tughtakin let him take out his baggage, money and family, and sent them ahead of him. When he came to bid farewell, Tughtakin seized him and took back his money, among which was gold in seventy sacks. 1
His last days
He was imprisoned in one of the fortresses, and that was the last sight of him. It is said that he killed him, but the source says this in the form of a report, so the date of his death is not verified. 2
Connections
- Persecuted by
- Sayf al-Islam Tughrakin
People and things also explored
صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر· Sayf al-Islam Tughrakin
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 111-112
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 112
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