ʾAḥmad b. al-Saffāḥ

Long name
Shihāb al-Dīn ʾAḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ b. ʾAḥmad b. ʿUmar b. al-Saffāḥ
Arabic name
شهاب الدين أحمد بن صالح بن أحمد بن عمر بن السفاح
Gender
M
Generic group
Active in period
4.2b
5.1b
Born in
0772-01-30 (before)
Died in
0835-09-14 (exactly)
Age
63 (at least)
Summary
He was originally from Aleppo.
He had a son ʿUmar and a brother ʾAbū Bakr b. ʿAlī.
Taghrī Birdī al-Bashbughāwī was his patron. He was a ṣāḥib of Jarbughā al-Ẓāhirī.
He was kātib sirr in Aleppo and then in Egypt; he was muwaqqiʿ of Taghrī Birdī al-Bashbughāwī.
He commissioned amongst others the building of a mosque in Aleppo.
He was known for talking to himself.

MP3 id
2669
Id
https://ihodp.ugent.be/mpp/actor-ʾaḥmad-b.-al-saffāḥ

Properties (25)

Group Type Value Source Version Extra
pol. econ. resources1
immovable
banā jāmiʿan
resources
immovable
banā ʿaddat ʾamlāk
pol. econ.
immovable
bana jami'an
pers. chars. age
approximate age
thalāth wa sitīn sana
pers. chars.
approximate age
thalath wa sitin sana
pers. chars. character
intellect (brains)
jahl
pers. chars.
intellect (brains)
jahl
pers. chars. origins
Bilād al-Shām
min al-Ḥalab
pers. chars.
Bilad al-Sham
min al-Halab
pers. chars. character2
attitudes (negative)
ṭaysh
character
attitudes (negative)
khiffa
character
attitudes (negative)
ḥiddat mizāj
pers. chars.
attitudes (negative)
taysh
pers. chars. health1
mental deficiency
harj
health
mental deficiency
kān yatakallam fī baʿḍ al-ʾaḥyān maʿa nafsihi kalāman kathīran yuẓhar minhi dhālika fi-l-malāʾ min al-nās, .....
pers. chars.
mental deficiency
harj
pers. chars. stratification2
elite status
min bayt riʾāsa
stratification
elite status
min bayt riʾāsa wa wajāha
stratification
elite status
min bayt riʾāsa wa ʿarāqa
pers. chars.
elite status
min bayt ri`asa
patronage patronized by
patronage
patronage ṣāḥib of
patronage
name ism
ʾAḥmad
name
`Ahmad
name laqab (al-Dīn)
Shihāb al-Dīn
name
Shihab al-Din
name maʿrūf bi
Ibn al-Saffāḥ
name
Ibn al-Saffah
name nasab
Ibn al-Qāḍī Salāḥ al-Dīn
name
Ibn al-Qadi Salah al-Din
name nasab
Ibn al-Saffāḥ
name
Ibn al-Saffah
name nasab
Ibn Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Salāḥ b. Muḥammad
name
Ibn Salah al-Din Salah b. Muhammad
name nasab
Ibn Ṣāliḥ b. al-Saffāḥ
name
Ibn Salih b. al-Saffah
name nasab
Ibn Ṣāliḥ b. ʾAḥmad b. ʿUmar
name
Ibn Salih b. `Ahmad b. 'Umar
name title
al-qāḍī
name
al-qadi
mansabs administrative
mansabs
mansabs administrative
mansabs
mansabs administrative
mansabs
kinship child of
kinship
kinship parent of
kinship
kinship sibling of
kinship
culture arts
ʾinshāʾ
ʿadam maʿrifa ṣināʿat al-ʾinshāʾ
culture
`insha`
'adam ma'rifa sina'at al-`insha`

Sources (7)

Catalog Catalog Source Extra
al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) 2: 217, 1 - 219, 4 al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q) al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q)
al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) 2: 245, 3 - 247, 10 al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q) al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q)
al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) al-ʿAynī, ʿIqd (Q) 2: 293, 1 - 295, 4 al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q) al-'Ayni, 'Iqd (Q)
al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk 4: 468, 11-15 al-Maqrizi, Suluk al-Maqrizi, Suluk
al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk 4: 832, 16- 833, 5 al-Maqrizi, Suluk al-Maqrizi, Suluk
al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk al-Maqrīzī, Sulūk 4: 870, 11- 871, 13 al-Maqrizi, Suluk al-Maqrizi, Suluk
Ibn Taghrī Birdī, al-Manhal Ibn Taghrī Birdī, al-Manhal 1: 320, 7 - 322, 10 Ibn Taghri Birdi, al-Manhal Ibn Taghri Birdi, al-Manhal

Practice (12)

Date Type Spec. Actor 2 Source Extra
0821-10-26 Serving ṣḥb Jarbughā al-Ẓāhirī Serving shb Jarbugha al-Zahiri
0821-10-26 Arriving Arriving
0827-01-01 Performing administrative unknown Performing administrative unknown
0829-01-01 Performing administrative unknown Performing administrative unknown
0833-09-18 Obeying travel al-ʾAshraf Barsbāy Obeying travel al-`Ashraf Barsbay
0833-09-18 Ordering attendance al-ʾAshraf Barsbāy Ordering attendance al-`Ashraf Barsbay
0833-09-18 Arriving Arriving
0833-09-18 Appointing kātib sirr (sulṭān) al-ʾAshraf Barsbāy Appointing katib sirr (sultan) al-`Ashraf Barsbay
0833-09-18 Ending term Ending term
0833-09-20 Ceremonial benefit attire al-ʾAshraf Barsbāy Ceremonial benefit attire al-`Ashraf Barsbay
0833-09-20 Ritual attire al-ʾAshraf Barsbāy Ritual attire al-`Ashraf Barsbay
0835-10-03 Dying Dying

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