Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Damascus
| Al-Ashraf Musa | |
|---|---|
As-Salih Ismail | |
| Born | 1178 |
| Died | 27 August 1237 (aged 58–59) |
| Dynasty | Ayyubid |
| Father | Al-Adil I |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Ashraf or al-Ashraf Musa or Al-Ashraf Shah Arman[1] (died 27 August 1237), fully Al-Ashraf Musa Abu'l-Fath al-Muzaffar ad-Din, was a Kurdish ruler of the Ayyubid dynasty.
Governor of the Jezireh (1201–1229)
The son of Sultan al-Adil I, al-Ashraf was installed by his father in Harran in 1201 as Governor of the Jezireh. He continued to rule the region after the death of his father in 1218, until 1229.
conquest of Khilat
In 1207, the Shah-Arman was taken over by the Ayyubids, who had long coveted Ahlat. The Ayyubids had come to the city at the invitation of people of Ahlat after the last Sökmenli ruler was killed by Tuğrulshah, the ruler (melik) of Erzurum on behalf of the Sultanate of Rum and brother of Sultan Kayqubad I. By 1209 Georgia challenged Ayyubid rule in the Armenian highlands and led a liberation war for south Armenia. The Georgian army besieged Khlat. In response Ayyubid Sultan al-Adil I assembled and personally led a large army that included the emirs of Homs, Hama, and Baalbek as well as contingents from other Ayyubid principalities to support al-Awhad, emir of Jazira. During the siege, Georgian general Ivane Mkhargrdzeli accidentally fell into the hands of the al-Awhad on the outskirts of Ahlat. Using Ivane as a bargaining chip, al-Awhad agreed to release him in return for a thirty year truce with Georgia, thus ending the immediate Georgian threat to the Ayyubids. This brought the struggle for the Armenian lands to a stall,[7] leaving the Lake Van region to the Ayyubids of Damascus.[8]
During his tenure, he minted some coins with the effigy of Saladin and the legend "The Victorious King, Righteousness of the World and the Faith, Yusuf ibn Ayyub", following the model of earlier coins from the time of Saladin himself.[4]
His coinage was minted in
He took the Georgian princess Tamta as one of his wives.[10]
Emir of Damascus (1229–1237)
After his brother
See also
References
- ^ The Encyclopaedia of Islam: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples. E.J. Brill. 1913. p. 441.
- ^ a b Balog (1980). The Coinage of the Ayyubids. London: Royal Numismatic Society. p. Coin 182., also Whelan Type III, 258-60; Album 791.4
- ^ For a similar coin at the British Museum minted in AH 586/1190 CE: "Saladin coin British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org., and another one also minted in 1190:
. Also [1], [2]
- ^ a b Nicolle 2011, p. 26: "This copper dirham, minted at Mayyafariqin in 587 AH (1190/01 AD) shows Saladin wearing the sharbush hat of a Saljuq-style Turkish ruler."
- khil'agiven to an amir on his investiture.
- ^ For a similar coin at the British Museum minted in AH 586/1190 CE: "Saladin coin British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org., and another one also minted in 1190: . Also [3], [4]
- ^ Lortʻkʻipʻaniże, Mariam (1987). Georgia in the XI-XII Centuries. Ganatleba Publishers. p. 154.
- ISBN 978-0-87395-263-7.
- ^ "American Numismatic Society: Browse Collection". numismatics.org. American Numismatic Society.
- ISBN 978-1-107-16756-8.
Tamta, Ayyubid Wife of al-Ashraf Musa
- ISBN 978-1-78074-737-8.
Sources
- Nicolle, David (20 December 2011). Saladin. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-318-8.
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