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anastasiasromanovs: Shajar al-Durr (Arabic for Tree of Pearls)...
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Shajar al-Durr (Arabic for Tree of Pearls) was said to be of Turkish or Armenian origin when arriving to Ayyubid Court. She was described as pious, intelligent, and beautiful, and was bought by As-Salid Ayyub in the Levant before he became Sultan of Egypt. When he became Sultan of Egypt in 1240, she came with him, married him, and bored him a son named Khalil. When her husband died in 1249, his son suceeded him as Sultana of Egypt, Turanshah. Turanshah had a brief reign from 1249-50, but was abusive in power. Shajar al-Durr had him disposed and killed, and took full power as Sultana with the support of the military and court. Shajar remarried, Izz al-Din Aybak as her co-monarch becoming the second female Muslim in Islamic History to rule in her own right. When the French tried to take Egypt, she defeated them and took Louis IX as hostage until a treaty had been issued and he was released. Aybak wanted to take two more wives and Shajar did not agree with this. In 1257 he was strangled by her orders in his bath by servants. This began Shajar’s downfall, for later in 1257, she was said to be the one to do the killing by her own stepson’s ladies, and was arrested to the Red Tower. She was stripped and beaten to death, and her body was found in the Citadel. Some historians say that she was dragged by her feet and thrown into the moat, left for three days, wearing nothing but pearls and smelling of musk. Shajar laid to rest in a tomb near the Mosque of Tulun, and is decorated with a mosaic of the “tree of life”. Though her fate was harsh, Shajar al-Durr will forever be known as one of the most famous female Muslim Monarchs in Islamic History.
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anastasiasromanovs:
Shajar al-Durr (Arabic for Tree of Pearls) was said to be of Turkish or Armenian origin when arriving to Ayyubid Court. She was described as pious, intelligent, and beautiful, and was bought by As-Salid Ayyub in the Levant before he became Sultan of Egypt. When he became Sultan of Egypt in 1240, she came with him, married him, and bored him a son named Khalil. When her husband died in 1249, his son suceeded him as Sultana of Egypt, Turanshah. Turanshah had a brief reign from 1249-50, but was abusive in power. Shajar al-Durr had him disposed and killed, and took full power as Sultana with the support of the military and court. Shajar remarried, Izz al-Din Aybak as her co-monarch becoming the second female Muslim in Islamic History to rule in her own right. When the French tried to take Egypt, she defeated them and took Louis IX as hostage until a treaty had been issued and he was released. Aybak wanted to take two more wives and Shajar did not agree with this. In 1257 he was strangled by her orders in his bath by servants. This began Shajar’s downfall, for later in 1257, she was said to be the one to do the killing by her own stepson’s ladies, and was arrested to the Red Tower. She was stripped and beaten to death, and her body was found in the Citadel. Some historians say that she was dragged by her feet and thrown into the moat, left for three days, wearing nothing but pearls and smelling of musk. Shajar laid to rest in a tomb near the Mosque of Tulun, and is decorated with a mosaic of the “tree of life”. Though her fate was harsh, Shajar al-Durr will forever be known as one of the most famous female Muslim Monarchs in Islamic History.
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