Mujahid al-Din Qaymaz
مجاهد الدين قايماز
c. January 1199 CE · Rabi' I 595 AH
Mujahid al-Din Qaymaz — the governing hand of Nur al-Din's house: appointed to Mosul's citadel in Dhu al-Hijja 571, given Irbil in 559, and died at the Mosul citadel in Rabi' I 595 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Mujahid al-Din Qaymaz, a ruler in the state of Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi, to whom affairs were referred. Ibn al-Athir says that his governorship of the citadel of Mosul began in Dhu al-Qa'da 571 AH, that he was appointed over Irbil in 559 AH, and that he died in the citadel of Mosul in Rabi' al-Awwal 595 AH. 1
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 263
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islam.museum contributors. “Mujahid al-Din Qaymaz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mujahid-al-din-qaymaz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.