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Shaizar

شيزر

Modern town and ancient city in Syria.

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Levant & Iraq
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Home of
Mukhlis al-Dawla al-Kinani
Birthplace of
أسامة بن منقذ
Site of
Siege of Shaizar· Siege of Shaizar (1157)

People and things also explored

al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mustazhir· Damascus· Azhar al-Anhar· Siege of Shaizar· Siege of Shaizar (1157)· Mukhlis al-Dawla al-Kinani· أسامة بن منقذ

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islam.museum contributors. “Shaizar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shaizar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mustazhir

Abbasid caliph [530–555], hailed at forty when his nephew was deposed — his laqab from a dream of the Prophet bidding him 'follow my steps'. Stripped by Mas'ud, his famous answer won his estates back; with the sultans broken his word rose — 'the beginning of the Abbasid state's recovery'. Dhahabi: among the noblest caliphs, nothing ran without his rescript. He deeded Egypt to Nur al-Din, renewed the Ka'ba's door, and died Sunday 2 Rabi' I 555.