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Nasir al-Din al-Qaymuri

ناصر الدين القيمري

c. January 1267 CE · Rabi' I 665 AH

Damascus

Commander of the armies — founder of the madrasa east of the Umayyad Mosque whose quarter is still called al-Qaymiriyya; 'a brave champion, a chief, just and generous', and the man who delivered Damascus to al-Nasir; he died on coastal ribat duty, Rabi' I 665 1.

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At a glance

Roles
emir · General
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
Review
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Badawi

In space

Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Amir Nasir al-Din al-Qaymuri, commander of the armies, founded the madrasa at Damascus east of the Umayyad mosque — that quarter is still called al-Qaymuriiyya after it. He was a brave champion, a leader, just and generous, and it was he who handed Damascus over to al-Nasir. He died as a frontier volunteer on the coast in Rabi' I. 1

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    Died in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 552
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    islam.museum contributors. “Nasir al-Din al-Qaymuri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nasir-al-din-al-qaymuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

    The mosque raised inside the cave of Mount Qasyun by Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'allim beginning in 370, after a dream in which Jibril bade him build a mosque where God's name would be remembered — he called it Jibril's Cave; a broad prayer-hall floored in white marble, its columns all marble, never empty of the pious at remembrance.