Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi
مظفر الدين كوكبوري
Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi — al-Imad al-Katib watched him skip his brother's mourning to seize the amirs' tents and bargain Irbil out of Saladin in exchange for Harran and Edessa, with Shahrazur's revenues added; thereafter 'a bone in the Atabegid house's throat' 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi ibn Zayn al-Din Ali, brother of Zayn al-Din Yusuf, lord of Irbil. He became lord of Irbil after his brother. 2
After his brother's death
Zayn al-Din died on 18 Ramadan 586 AH while the two of them were with Salah al-Din in the army. Imad al-Katib describes in al-Barq al-Shami that people came to offer Kokburi condolences, and found him busy securing what his brother had left. He arrested a group of his emirs. 2
Irbil
He asked Salah al-Din for Irbil in exchange for giving up Harran and Edessa, and Salah al-Din granted it to him, and added to it Shahrazur and its districts, Darbandh Qarababili and Bani Qafjaq. Ibn al-Athir says that it remained a grudge in the throat of the Atabeg house. 2
Connections
- Sibling of
- Zayn al-Din Yusuf, lord of Irbil
- Participated in
- The fall and death of Mangli (612 AH)
People and things also explored
Mangli· The fall and death of Mangli (612 AH)· Zayn al-Din Yusuf, lord of Irbil
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 199
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.199
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islam.museum contributors. “Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muzaffar-al-din-kokburi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.