Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun

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Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun
السيدة زمرد خاتون
DiedDecember 1202/January or February 1203
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial
Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery, Baghdad in Zumurrud Mosque
SpouseAl-Mustadi
ChildrenAhmad al-Nasir
Names
Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun Umm al-Nasir
ReligionSunni Islam

Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun (

Arabic: أم الناصر) was the mother of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir
. She was an influential woman of the late 12th century.

Biography

Zumurrud Khatun

concubines. She was a Turkish, and was the mother of the future caliph al-Nasir.[2]

By most accounts, Zumurrud Khatun is identified as a formerly-enslaved Turkish woman who became a prominent noblewoman during the later Abbasid Caliphate.[3] She rose to this position through marriage to Caliph al-Mustadi.[3] Zumurrud Khatun is also remembered as the mother of Caliph al-Nasir.[3] She is described as being a pious woman and an active patroness of architecture and public works.[4]

Her legacy as patroness was due to her restoration of public infrastructure and for building educational and funerary buildings.

Mosque and Mausoleum of Zumurrud Khatun were created at the commission of al-Nasir and his mother before her death in 1202.[1] After her death, she was laid to rest in the mausoleum following a funeral procession.[3]

Zumurrud's Mausoleum in Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery at Baghdad

Zamurrud Khatun was also actively involved in the construction of a madrasa. Furthermore, she was also remembered by many as an active member in politics and Islamic religious policies, a generous person devoted to Islamic teachings and law, and various other aspects.[5] For instance, she is in history for spending 300,000 dirhams to repair water supplies and cisterns during the pilgrimage.[6]

Death

Various chronicles describe Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun as "a very devout woman" who pleaded with her son to free the famous scholar Ibn al-Jawzi. Zumurrud was herself a follower of Hanbali school.

She died in December 1202–January 1203,[7] or January–February 1203,[8] and was buried in her own mausoleum in Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery.[9]

References

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    ISBN 978-0-295-98125-3
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  2. ISBN 978-0-7914-5351-3
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  4. ISBN 978-1-316-86956-7
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  5. OCLC 257810905
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  6. ^ Leiden (2002). Encyclopedia of Islam. Infobase Publishing.
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  8. ISBN 978-90-474-3214-2
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  9. ISBN 978-1-84162-488-4
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