Fatimah Khatun bint Najm ad-Dīn Abu al-Shukr Ayyub ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān (died 1220), popularly known as Sitt al-Sham, was a second sister of Saladin, probably...

(nominal rule, under Mamluk sultan Aybak), 1250–1254. Source: khatun Sitt al-Sham. Sister of Saladin, who founded many schools and hospitals Damascus besides...

Shams ad-Din Turanshah ibn Ayyub al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Shams ad-Dawla Fakhr ad-Din known simply as Turanshah (Arabic: توران شاه بن أيوب) (died 27 June...

own first cousin, known as Sitt Ash-Sham (‘The Lady of Syria’, i.e. not her given name). Her full name was Sitt Ash-Sham Zumurrud Khatun bint Najm d-Din...

1213–1236) Sitt al-Sham (d. 1220) Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (1229–1263) Dayfa Khatun (d. 1242) As-Salih Ismail (d. 1245) Al-Mansur Ibrahim (d. 1246) Al-Muzaffar...

ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, she is represents what Mohammad Akram Nadwi terms as hadith scholarship from al-Sham (Greater Syria). The Arabic word sitt does not...

located in Damascus, Syria. Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Al-Rukniyah Madrasa Az-Zahiriyah Library Nur al-Din Madrasa "Madrasa al-Shamiyya al-Kubra". Archnet. Retrieved...

al-Malik al-'Aziz Sayf al-Islam Tughtekin (died 1197) Rabi'a Khatun (daughter, d. 1246), married (1) Amir Sa'd al-Din Mas'ud b. Mu'in al-Din Onor, and Sitt Ash-Sham...

his family in the community and was not an official rank. Fakhr al-Din's mother, Sitt Nasab, belonged to the Tanukh, a princely Druze family established...

his infancy, and he and his sister, Sitt ar-Rakb, became wards of his father's first wife's brother, Zaki ad-Din al-Kharrubi, who enrolled Ibn Hajar in...

Muadamiyat al-Sham (Arabic: المعضمية الشام, romanized: al-Muʿaḍḍamīyah ash-Shām; also spelled Moadamiyet al-Sham, Moadamiya or Moadamiyah) is a town in...

romanized: as-Sayyidah Zaynab; meaning "Lady Zaynab"), commonly known as Sitt Zaynab (Arabic: ست زينب), is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate of Syria...

Qutqutiya Khatun. She was the mother of his second son, Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil. Another wife was Sitt Ashlun Khatun (Ašlūn), the daughter of an Ilkhanate Mongol...

Sitt Tuluqartaqa, wife of Yalbugha al-Yahyawi. Another wife — the sister of Qawsun. Concubines: Narjis — Later, al-Nasir married her to Tuquzdamur al-Hamawi...

Al-Zabadani or Az-Zabadani (Arabic: الزبداني, romanized: az-Zabadānī) is a city and popular hill station in southwestern Syria in the Rif Dimashq Governorate...

Al-Kiswah (Arabic: الكسوة Al Kiswah also spelled Kissoué/Kiswe) is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately 13 kilometres...

An-Nabek or Al-Nabek (Arabic: ٱلنَّبْك, romanized: an-Nabk) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq and the capital of the Qalamoun...

Al-Jarniyah (Arabic: الجرنية) is a Syrian village in the Al-Tall District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...

Sahnaya, Darayya, Muadamiyat al-Sham, Sayyidah Zaynab, al-Hajar al-Aswad. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Sabinah had a population...

Al-Tall (Arabic: التل, romanized: at-Tall, also spelled al-Tell) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and...

1118, al-Silafī married Sitt al-Ahl bint al-Khalwānī; their daughter Khadīja (d. 1226) married the scholar Abu’l-Ḥarām Makkī b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṭrabulsī...

Caliph al-Hakim disappeared during one of his usual nightly rides, likely the victim of a palace conspiracy. Power was seized by his sister, Sitt al-Mulk...

Caliph al-Hakim disappeared during one of his usual nightly rides, likely the victim of a palace conspiracy. Power was seized by his sister, Sitt al-Mulk...

Al-Hajar al-Aswad (Arabic: اَلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَدُ, romanized: al-Ḥajaru l-Aswad, lit. 'The Black Stone') is a Syrian city just 4 km (2 mi) south of the...

efforts with Mount Lebanon's inhabitants. She became known as sa'adat al-sitt, which translates as "her excellency, the lady". Jihan had two daughters...

Hamid al-Din Abu'l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Kirmani (Arabic: حميد الدين الكرماني; fl. 996–1021 CE) was an Isma'ili scholar. He was of Persian origin...

Al-Mu'ayyad fid-din Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. Abi 'Imran Musa b. Da'ud ash-Shirazi (c. 1000 CE/390 AH – 1078 CE/470 AH) was an 11th-century Isma'ili scholar...

Al-Qutayfah (Arabic: ٱلْقُطَيْفَة, romanized: al-Quṭayfah) is a city in Syria, administratively belonging to the Rif Dimashq Governorate, capital of the...

Al-Buwaydah (Arabic: البويضة) is a Syrian village located in Markaz Rif Dimashq, Douma District. Al-Buwaydah had a population of 8,832 in the 2004 census...

Al-Kafrayn (Arabic: الكفرين) is a Syrian village located in Douma District, Rif Dimashq, 23.1 kilometers (14.4 mi) southeast of Old Damascus. According...