Zayn al-Din Ali ibn Naja
زين الدين علي بن نجا
Ali ibn Naja 'Ibn Najiyya', preacher and qadi — let into the Fatimid-restoration circle as its designated judge, he reported it to Saladin and was ordered to keep their confidence and feed him every new development until the plot and its Frankish correspondence were exposed and the leaders crucified 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Zayn al-Din Ali ibn Naja, the preacher and judge known as Ibn Najiyya. The conspiring Egyptians who sought to restore the Alid state brought him into their affair, and arranged for him the post of judge 1. He is among those who took part in the plot to restore the Fatimid state.
When he learned the truth of the matter, he told Salah al-Din, who ordered him to stay with them, agree with them, and inform him of what developed. He did so until the matter was uncovered, and the leaders were arrested, and they were crucified on the second of Ramadan in the year 569 AH. Ibn al-Athir reports that the judge al-Fadil had commissioned him to uncover the matter when he doubted the secretary Abd al-Samad 1.
Connections
- Participated in
- مؤامرة إعادة الدعوة العبيدية وصلب أصحابها
People and things also explored
The Sicilian assault on Alexandria (569 AH)· صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب الملك الناصر· Umara al-Yamani· مؤامرة إعادة الدعوة العبيدية وصلب أصحابها
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 53-54
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islam.museum contributors. “Zayn al-Din Ali ibn Naja”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zayn-al-din-ibn-naja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.