Amin al-Din Mirjan

Amin al-Din Mirjan
Emir of Baghdad
The tomb of Amin al-Din Mirjan before its demolition
Reignunknown–1372
Coronation1946
PredecessorPosition started
SuccessorPosition abolished
Died1372 (1373)
Baghdad, Iraq
Burial
Mirjan Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
Names
Amin al-Din Murjan ibn Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sultani al-Uljaiti
FatherAbdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman
ReligionIslam

Amin al-Din Mirjan (Arabic: أمين الدين مرجان) also known as Khwaja Mirjan[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] Mirjan founded the historic Mirjan 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]

Early life

Not much is known about the origins and life of Amin al-Din Mirjan. The Shafi'i scholar, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regards him as Mirjan 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 Mirjan as being of Roman descent.[7][8][9][10]

Revolt against Shaykh Uways

In 1364, Amin al-Din Mirjan 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 Mirjan due to being unwilling in killing his own friend. Mirjan was pardoned and returned to his original post of governor of Baghdad.[12][5][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "خان مرجان في بغداد وعمارة الرمق الأخير". archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  2. ^ a b c "الگاردينيا - مجلة ثقافية عامة - حول تاريخ جامع مرجان .. واكذوبة قصة الايطالي موركان! وحالة". www.algardenia.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  3. ^ a b c "The Murjan Mosque of Baghdad, Iraq". 2017-12-23. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  4. ^ a b c d al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Ḥajar (1966). al-Durar al-kāminah (in Arabic).
  5. ^ a b c d Drahmad_Abdeldattah. العراق فی العهد الجلائری 740 - 814هـ 1339 - 1411م دراسة فی الاوضاع السیاسیة.
  6. ^ "Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)". referenceworks. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  7. ^ "Baghdad, the City of Peace: the Jalayirid Era (740–813 AH)".
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ al-Tarikh al-Ghiyathi. University of Baghdad. 1975.
  10. ^ Ghīyāth, ʻAbd Allah ibn Fatḥ Allah (1975). التاريخ الغياثي: الفصل الخامس من سنة 656-891 ھ/1258-1486 (in Arabic). جامعة بغداد،.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "The honours of Khwaja Murjan".
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