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 "label": {
  "ar": "قتل مودود صاحب الموصل بجامع دمشق",
  "en": "The Killing of Mawdud, Lord of Mosul, in the Mosque of Damascus"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة سبع وخمس مئة جاء مودود صاحب الموصل بعسكر ليقاتل ملك الفرنج الذي بالقدس فوقع بينهم معركة هائلة ثم رجع مودود إلى دمشق فصلى الجمعة يوماً في الجامع وإذا بباطني وثب عليه فجرحه فمات من يومه فكتب ملك الفرنج إلى صاحب دمشق كتاباً فيه وإن أمة قتلت عميدها في يوم عيدها في بيت معبودها لحقيق على الله أن يبيدها {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}.",
  "en": "In 507 Mawdud, lord of Mosul, marched against the Frankish king of Jerusalem; after a great battle he returned to Damascus and was praying Jumu'a in the mosque when a Batini leapt on him — he died the same day. The Frankish king wrote Damascus's lord: 'a nation that kills its chief, on its feast-day, in its house of worship, deserves that God blot it out' {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}."
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   "edtf": "1113~",
   "hijri": "0507",
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   "note": "507؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}."
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   "hijri": "0507",
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   "note": "507؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}."
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    "note": "507؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}."
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 657–666",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة 507هـ قُتل [[person/mawdud|مودود]] صاحب الموصل في جامع [[place/damascus|دمشق]] على يد باطني. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأحداث",
     "markdown": "جاء مودود بعسكر ليقاتل ملك الفرنج بالقدس، فوقعت بينهم معركة. ثم رجع إلى دمشق، وبينما كان يصلي الجمعة في الجامع وثب عليه باطني فجرحه فمات من يومه. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}\n\nينقل السيوطي أن ملك الفرنج كتب إلى صاحب دمشق أن أمة قتلت عميدها في يوم عيدها في بيت معبودها حقيقة بأن يبيدها الله. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/mawdud-assassination-507",
    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 507 AH [[person/mawdud|Mawdud]], lord of Mosul, was killed in the great mosque of [[place/damascus|Damascus]] by an Batini assassin. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Events",
     "markdown": "Mawdud had brought an army to fight the king of the Franks at Jerusalem, and a battle took place between them. Then he returned to Damascus, and while he was praying the Friday prayer in the mosque, a Batini sprang at him and wounded him, and he died the same day. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}\n\nAl-Suyuti relates that the king of the Franks wrote to the lord of Damascus that a people had killed their chief on their festival day, in the house of their worship, and that God should destroy them. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/mawdud-assassination-507",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سنہ 507ھ میں موصل کے حاکم [[person/mawdud|مودود]] کو دمشق کی [[place/damascus|جامع مسجد]] میں ایک باطنی نے قتل کیا۔ {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "واقعات",
     "markdown": "مودود ایک لشکر لے کر بیت المقدس کے فرنگی بادشاہ سے لڑنے نکلے، ان کے درمیان جنگ ہوئی۔ پھر وہ دمشق واپس آئے، اور جب وہ جامع مسجد میں جمعہ پڑھ رہے تھے تو ایک باطنی ان پر جھپٹا اور ان پر وار کیا، تو وہ اسی دن وفات پا گئے۔ {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}\n\nسیوطی نقل کرتے ہیں کہ فرنگیوں کے بادشاہ نے دمشق کے حاکم کو لکھا کہ ایک قوم نے اپنے سردار کو اس کے عید کے دن اس کے معبد کے گھر میں قتل کر دیا، اس لائق کہ اللہ اسے ہلاک کرے۔ {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 661}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/mawdud-assassination-507",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  }
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  "event/abd-al-ghani-damascus-595",
  "event/afdal-damascus-596",
  "event/al-adil-takes-damascus-592",
  "event/al-ghazali-damascus-retreat-488"
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