Sadr al-Din al-Khujandi
صدر الدين الخجندي
Ra'is of Isfahan's Shafi'is — 'second only to the governor over all its people' — who hated the Khwarazmian garrison enough to offer the city to Baghdad's Diwan, delivering Isfahan to al-Nasir's army in 591 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
Sadr al-Din al-Khujandi, head of the Shafi'is in Isfahan. Ibn al-Athir reports that after the governor there, he was the leading authority over all its people 2.
Handing over Isfahan
He wrote to the Diwan in Baghdad offering to hand the city over to whichever of the Diwan's forces arrived, because the people of Isfahan disliked the army of the Khwarazm Shah. The army of the Caliph al-Nasir arrived in the year 591 AH, the Khwarazmians left the city, and the Caliph's army took possession of it 2.
Notes for researchers
- The entry rests on al-Kamil alone. It needs an additional source.
Connections
- Participated in
- The caliphal army's takeover of Isfahan (591 AH)
People and things also explored
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 238-239
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.238-239
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islam.museum contributors. “Sadr al-Din al-Khujandi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sadr-al-din-al-khujandi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.