Bath and mausoleum of ‘Izz al-Dīn Aybak (Tripoli)

Located in the Bāb al-Ḥadid Quarter, Tripoli (Lebanon).

Photographs taken by Simon Rousselot on February 2019

Three emblems under the inscription.

بسمله . . . هذه تربة العبد الفقير الى رحمة الله تعالى ايبك ابن عبد الله الموصلي نائب السلطنة الشريفة بالفتوحات المحروسة رحمه الله تعالى المتوفّي في خامس شهر صفر من سنة ثمان وتسعين وستمّائة من الهجرة النبويّة

In the name of the most merciful God. This is the mausoleum of the servant yearning for the mercy of God, the Exalted, Aybak, son of ‘Abdallāh of Mosul, Governor of the Noble Sultanate in the protected conquered countries, may God the Exalted have mercy upon him, who passed away the 5th Ṣafar of the year 698 of the Hijra of the Prophet (12th November 1298).

Possible dating: before 698/1298-9

 

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