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Iftikhar al-Dawla | |
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إفتخار الدولة | |
| Nationality | Fatimid |
| Known for | Being the governor of Jerusalem during the 1099 siege of the city |
Iftikhar al-Dawla (Arabic: إفتخار الدولة, lit. 'pride of the dynasty') was the Fatimid governor of Jerusalem during the siege of 1099. On 15 July, he surrendered Jerusalem to Raymond of Saint-Gilles[1] in the Tower of David and was escorted out of the city with his bodyguard.[2]
Little is known about Iftikhar al-Dawla, although he is mentioned as governor of Ascalon following the fall of Jerusalem, which suggests he was Fatimid governor of the whole of Palestine.[3] The Syrian chronicler Bar-Hebraeus refers to him as an Egyptian man. Usama ibn Munqidh's autobiography mentions an emir of the local castles of Abu Qubays, Qadmus and al-Kaf called Iftikhar al-Dawla whose sister was married to Ibn Munqidh's uncle, the ruler of Shayzar.[3]
Tasso, The Liberation of Jerusalem, canto 3.60 says that he met Godfrey of Bouillon “in the high court of France where I came as Egypt’s envoy long ago.” (Max Wickert translation.)
- ^ Count of Toulouse (1093–1105) and marquis of Provence (1066–1105).
- ^ Crusades. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 August 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
- ^ a b Nicolle 2003, p. 19.