Mujir al-Din Tashtakin
مجير الدين طاشتكين
The Iraqi Hajj's amir — insisting the Syrian caravan could not depart Arafat before his, he rode out with his men and the Iraqi rabble; the assault on the Syrian pilgrims left their amir Ibn al-Muqaddam dead of wounds at Mina, though Tashtakin had taken him into his own tent to treat him and mend what had passed 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- military
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Mujir al-Din Tashtakin, amir of the Iraqi pilgrims. Ibn al-Athir says that he forbade Shams al-Din ibn al-Muqaddam, amir of the Syrian pilgrims, from leaving Arafat before him in 583 AH. 1
The events of Arafat
Ibn al-Muqaddam did not stop for his prohibition. Tashtakin rode out with his companions, and a great crowd of commoners and the Iraqi pilgrims' hangers-on followed him. They fell upon the Syrian pilgrims, killed a number of them and plundered their property, and wounded Ibn al-Muqaddam so badly that he died at Mina the same day. 1
Ibn al-Athir says that Tashtakin had taken Ibn al-Muqaddam to his tent to nurse him and make up for what he had neglected in his rights. 1
Connections
- Participated in
- The Arafat clash and Ibn al-Muqaddam's killing (583 AH)
People and things also explored
Shams al-Din Ibn al-Muqaddam· Mecca· The Arafat clash and Ibn al-Muqaddam's killing (583 AH)
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 162-163
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islam.museum contributors. “Mujir al-Din Tashtakin”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mujir-al-din-tashtakin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.