Английская Википедия:'Ala ad-Din al-Basir
ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr (Шаблон:Small, died 1294) was a mamluk who became an emir. He was a supervisor of Jerusalem's waqf charitable endowments (Шаблон:Transliteration)[1][2] and inspector of the Two Noble Sanctuaries (Шаблон:Transl) of Jerusalem and Hebron.[3]
He lived during the final years of the Ayyūbid dynasty (under aṣ-Ṣāliḥ) and the beginning of the Mamlūk dynasty (under Baybars and Qalāwūn).[2]
Names
- ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr (Шаблон:Lang): Шаблон:Transl is a nickname that means "astute, insightful" (Шаблон:Wikt-lang).[4] The nickname also becomes Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang) and Шаблон:Transl/Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang) in placenames.
- ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Aydughdī ibn ʿAbdallāh aṣ-Ṣaliḥī an-Najmī (Шаблон:Lang): Шаблон:Transl is a nisba (noun + Шаблон:Transl), meaning he was a mamluk of aṣ-Ṣāliḥ Najm ad-Dīn, an Ayyūbid emir.[5]
- ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Aydughdī ar-Ruknī (Шаблон:Lang): Шаблон:Transl may refer to Baybars (Шаблон:Transl), a Mamlūk sultan whom he served.[2]
He is not to be confused with ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Aydughdī ibn ʿAbdallāh al-Kubakī (al-Kabakī), buried in the Kubakiyya mausoleum in the Mamilla Cemetery.
Legacy
He was responsible for a number of building projects in Jerusalem. Some places in the city bear his name.
- Aladdin Ribat (ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr Ribat) / al-Baṣīrī Mosque,[6][7] a ribat outside the Inspector's Gate. During its construction, he used his cane as a yardstick and found a measurement mistake that sighted people overlooked.[8] It includes his tomb/shrine and homes to a community of Afro-Palestinians.[4]
- Inspector's Gate (ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn al-Baṣīr Gate) was named after the ribat.
- Aladdin Street: named after the ribat.[9]
- al-Būṣayrī Sabil (al-Baṣīr Sabil), a sebil (fountain) named after him.[10]
- Ablution Gate and the Ablution Place west (outside) of the gate: restored by him.[11][12][3]
He also built structures in Hebron:
- A bathhouse: He drew up its plan while he was blind.[2]
- A storage installation (Шаблон:Transliteration) for wheat and barley.[5]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Шаблон:Cite book p.198 "quant à Rukni, il se rapporte peut-être à Baibars, qui était surnommé Rukn al-dīn."
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web. A map of ʿUthmāniyya Madrasa, with the ablution place to its west.
