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Jamal ad-Din Shadbakht (fl. 12th century) was a mamluk and atabeg of Zengid ruler As-Salih Ismail al-Malik who served as lieutenant of Aleppo citadel between 1174 and 1181.
Life
He was an Indian freed slave of Nur ad-Din Zengi, and played an important role in the transfer of power from Nur ud-Din to As-Salih Ismail. During the reign of Saladin, he was stripped of his position and was exiled to the fortress of Azaz in 1183.
Shadbakht built two madrassas in Aleppo, including the Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, as well as a khanqah in Harran.
References
- Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.
- Tabbaa, Yasser (2010). Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-271-04331-9.