Amin al-Din Murjan (Arabic: أمين الدين مرجان) also known as Khwaja Murjan[1] was a 14th-century politician who served under the Jalayirid Sultanate.[2][3][4][5] He was a loyalist and former servant of Shaykh Uways Jalayir, and was later appointed as his emir to govern over Baghdad, Iraq.[2][3][4][5] Murjan founded the historic Murjan Mosque and was buried in the adjoining madrasa which was attached to it, which was ultimately demolished in 1946 by the Iraqi government.[2][3][4][5]
| Amin al-Din Murjan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emir of Baghdad | |||||
 The tomb of Amin al-Din Murjan before its demolition | |||||
| Reign | unknown–1372 | ||||
| Coronation | 1946 | ||||
| Predecessor | Position started | ||||
| Successor | Position abolished | ||||
| Died | 1372 Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
| Burial | |||||
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| Dynasty | Ilkhanid Dynasty | ||||
| Father | Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Early life edit
Not much is known about the origins and life of Amin al-Din Murjan. The Shafi'i scholar, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regards him as Murjan ibn Abdullah al-Khadim,[4] indicating him to be a khadim (servant).[6] He was also contemporary to the last Ilkhanid ruler, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan. Some have regarded Murjan as being of Roman descent.[7][8][9][10]
Revolt against Shaykh Uways edit
In 1364, Amin al-Din Murjan led a rebellion against his former master and now superior, Shaykh Uways Jalayir.[11] The next year, Shaykh Uways arrested him in Baghdad after some other rebellions had been quelled. However, he forgave Murjan due to being unwilling in killing his own friend. Murjan was pardoned and returned to his original post of governor of Baghdad.[12][5][11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "خان مرجان في بغداد وعمارة الرمق الأخير". archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ a b c "الگاردينيا - مجلة ثقافية عامة - حول تاريخ جامع مرجان .. واكذوبة قصة الايطالي موركان! وحالة". www.algardenia.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ a b c "The Murjan Mosque of Baghdad, Iraq". 2017-12-23. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ a b c d al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Ḥajar (1966). al-Durar al-kāminah (in Arabic).
- ^ a b c d Drahmad_Abdeldattah. العراق فی العهد الجلائری 740 - 814هـ 1339 - 1411م دراسة فی الاوضاع السیاسیة.
- ^ "Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)". referenceworks. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "Baghdad, the City of Peace: the Jalayirid Era (740–813 AH)".
- ^ الحمداني, طارق نافع (2020-04-20). "تصفح وتحميل كتاب التاريخ الغياثي من سنة 656-89ه/ 1258-1486م Pdf". مكتبة عين الجامعة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ al-Tarikh al-Ghiyathi. University of Baghdad. 1975.
- ^ Ghīyāth, ʻAbd Allah ibn Fatḥ Allah (1975). التاريخ الغياثي: الفصل الخامس من سنة 656-891 ھ/1258-1486 (in Arabic). جامعة بغداد،.
- ^ a b Wing, Patrick (2016). The Jalayirids: dynastic state formation in the Mongol Middle East. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0225-5.
- ^ "The honours of Khwaja Murjan".