Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun السيدة زمرد خاتون | |||||
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Died | December 1202/January or February 1203 Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | ||||
Burial | Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery, Baghdad in
Zumurrud Mosque | ||||
Spouse | Al-Mustadi | ||||
Children | Ahmad al-Nasir | ||||
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Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun ( Arabic: السيدة زمرد خاتون ,died 1203) also known as Umm al-Nasir ( Arabic: أم الناصر) was the mother of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir. She was an influential woman of the late 12th century.
Zumurrud Khatun [1] was one of Caliph al-Mustadi's concubines. She was a Turkish, and was the mother of the future caliph al-Nasir. [2]
By most accounts, Zumurrud Khatun is identified as a formerly-enslaved Turkish woman who became a prominent noblewoman during the later Abbasid Caliphate. [3] She rose to this position through marriage to Caliph al-Mustadi. [3] Zumurrud Khatun is also remembered as the mother of Caliph al-Nasir. [3] She is described as being a pious woman and an active patroness of architecture and public works. [4]
Her legacy as patroness was due to her restoration of public infrastructure and for building educational and funerary buildings. [3] The Mosque and Mausoleum of Zumurrud Khatun were created at the commission of al-Nasir and his mother before her death in 1202. [1] After her death, she was laid to rest in the mausoleum following a funeral procession. [3]
Zamurrud Khatun was also actively involved in the construction of a madrasa. Furthermore, she was also remembered by many as an active member in politics and Islamic religious policies, a generous person devoted to Islamic teachings and law, and various other aspects. [5] For instance, she is in history for spending 300,000 dirhams to repair water supplies and cisterns during the pilgrimage. [6]
Various chronicles describe Sayyida Zumurrud Khatun as "a very devout woman" who pleaded with her son to free the famous scholar Ibn al-Jawzi. Zumurrud was herself a follower of Hanbali school.
She died in December 1202–January 1203, [7] or January–February 1203, [8] and was buried in her own mausoleum in Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery. [9]