At a glance
- Roles
- emir
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Mujir al-Din Ya'qub, son of al-Malik al-'Adil, styled al-Malik al-Mu'izz; a man of merit — Abu Ruh al-Harawi and a company gave him ijaza; he died in Dhu'l-Qa'da 654 and was buried in the turbah beside his father 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Adil and his sons' succession
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 274
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mujir al-Din Ya'qub b. al-Adil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mujir-al-din-yaqub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.