Sirghitmish
Sayf ad-Din Sirghitmish ibn Abdullah an-Nasiri, better known as Sirghitmish (also spelled Sarghitmish) (died 1358) was a prominent
Biography
Political career
Sirghitmish was a
While Sirghitmish was the most powerful figure in the royal court, an-Nasir Hasan sought to assert his authority and oust Sirghitmish.[4] After imprisoning or exiling Shaykhu's mamluk faction, he moved against Sirghitmish, who he believed was plotting to topple him.[4] Sirghitmish was arrested in 1358 and jailed in Alexandria.[4] He died there later that year.[4] Afterward, the presence of Sirghitmish's mamluk faction, which according to Ibn Iyas numbered 800 mamluks,[6] was suppressed in the royal court and replaced by an-Nasir Hasan's own mamluks and supporters.[4] One of Sirghitmish's sons, Ibrahim, would later become an emir of ten, i.e. a low-ranking Mamluk officer in 1363, during the reign of Sultan al-Mansur Muhammad.[7]
Cultural patronage
Sirghitmish studied the
In 1356 Sirghitmish commissioned the construction of the Madrasa of Sirghitmish (also known as the "Sarghitmishiya Madrasa") in Cairo.[2] The madrasa (Islamic college) consists of four large iwans, ostensibly for the four madhabs of Sunni Islam, although the madrasa was only used by the Hanafi madhab.[2] A feature of Sirghitmish's madrasa unique to similar institutions in Cairo was that a dome was built atop the central portion of the qibla iwan.[2] Another feature not typically seen in Cairene mosques or madrasas is the minaret's bi-colored inlaid masonry.[2] Sirghitmish's son Ibrahim died in 1368/69 and was buried in the madrasa.[7]
References
- ^ Al-Harithy 1996, p. 78.
- ^ a b c d e "Madrasa Sarghatmish". Archnet. Aga Khan Documentation Center.
- ISBN 9780521772914.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Al-Harithy 1996, p. 70.
- ISBN 9789004279667.
- ISBN 9781136027260.
- ^ ISBN 9780521591157.
- ^ a b c d Abou-Khatwa, Noha. "Influences of Ilkhanid Art on Mamluk Art: A Case Study in the Patronage of Amir Sirghitmish al-Nasiri". International Society for Iranian Studies. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
Bibliography
- Al-Harithy, Howyda N. (1996). "The Complex of Sultan Hasan in Cairo: Reading Between the Lines". In ISBN 9789004106338.
- Mayer, L.A. (1933). Saracenic Heraldry: A Survey. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 14, 208−210)