Shajar al-Durr

Shajarat al-Durr شجرة الدر

She became The Sultana of Egypt in 1250, marking the end of the Ayyubid reign and the start of the Mamluk era.

Full Name: Shajarat al-Durr .

Arabic: شجرة الدر

Other Names: Shajar al-Durr, al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr

Born:

Died: 1257 AD.

Origin: Turkic or Armenian.

Famous for: The Sultana of Egypt.

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She was well known for adopting the indigenous architecture.

She was the first Islamic Sultan of Egypt to use this culturally-syncretized architecture.

Shajar al-Durr has the distinction of having been the first Mamluk ruler of Egypt and Syria.

Articles

https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/July-2016/Malika-III-Shajarat-al-Durr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shajar_al-Durr

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/842220380

https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/7.1/levanoni.html