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Arbil (Erbil)

أربل

The Jaziran city beneath Mount Maqlub, crowned by its citadel — seat of the Begteginid kingdom in the sixth and seventh centuries AH, most famously under Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi; the Tatars took it by the sword in 634 1.

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Levant & Iraq
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Overview

A Jaziran city on the flank of an overturned mountain, girdled by a high citadel on a hillock; it was the seat of the Bektakinid kingdom in the sixth and seventh hijri centuries — its most famous king Muzaffar al-Din Kukburi — and the Tatars took it by the sword in 634 AH 1.

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Place of death of
al-Hajari al-Irbili· Fakhr al-Din al-Irbili
Site of
death of Zayn al-Din Yusuf of Irbil — Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi succeeds· A Mongol detachment reaches Irbil and Daquqa· The Tatars Take Arbil by the Sword in 634 AH

People and things also explored

The Mongols· Muzaffar al-Din Kökburi· Zayn al-Din Yusuf, lord of Irbil· Mongol empire· death of Zayn al-Din Yusuf of Irbil — Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi succeeds· A Mongol detachment reaches Irbil and Daquqa· The Tatars Take Arbil by the Sword in 634 AH· al-Hajari al-Irbili

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 162
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islam.museum contributors. “Arbil (Erbil)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/irbil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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