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 "id": "event/nizar-rebellion-alexandria-495",
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 "label": {
  "ar": "خروج نزار بن المستنصر بالإسكندرية وقمعه سنة 495",
  "en": "The Revolt of Nizar ibn al-Mustansir at Alexandria and Its Suppression in 495"
 },
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  "ar": "في أيام المستعلي بالله هرب أخوه نزار — الذي تنسب إليه الدعوة النزارية بقلعة آلموت — فدخل الإسكندرية فبايعه أمنها وساعده قاضيها ابن عمار ومتوليها أفتكين، فنازلهم الأفضل بن بدر الجمالي فبرز لحربه أفتكين فهزمه الأفضل ثم نازلهم ثانية فظفر بهم ورجع إلى القاهرة بأفتكين ونزار فذبح أفتكين وبنى على نزار حائطاً فهلك {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}.",
  "en": "In al-Musta'li's days his brother Nizar — namesake of the Nizari da'wa of Alamut — fled to Alexandria, whose people swore to him with the backing of its qadi Ibn Ammar and its governor Iftakin; al-Afdal b. Badr al-Jamali besieged them, beat Iftakin's sortie, then prevailed and carried both men back to Cairo, where Iftakin was slaughtered and Nizar was walled up and perished {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
 },
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  "earliest": 1100.9992676098757,
  "latest": 1101.9986036673947
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1101~",
   "hijri": "0495",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "note": "سنة 495؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
  },
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   "edtf": "1101~",
   "hijri": "0495",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 495؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
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   "start": {
    "edtf": "1101~",
    "hijri": "0495",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
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    "note": "سنة 495؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
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   {
    "label": {
     "ar": "نزار بن المستنصر وأهل الإسكندرية وقاضيها ومتوليها"
    },
    "commanders": [
     "person/nizar-ibn-al-mustansir"
    ]
   },
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    "label": {
     "ar": "الأفضل بن بدر الجمالي أمير الجيوش"
    },
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     "person/al-malik-al-afdal-shahanshah"
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   }
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب لابن العماد — الجزء الثالث، ممسوح مكتبة الحصاد (AAlexandrina-223861)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-shadharat-batch-110"
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   "review": "draft",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في أيام المستعلي بالله هرب أخوه نزار — الذي تنسب إليه الدعوة النزارية بقلعة آلموت — فدخل الإسكندرية {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الفتنة وقمعها",
     "markdown": "بايعه أمنها وساعده قاضيها ابن عمار ومتوليها أفتكين، فنازلهم الأفضل بن بدر الجمالي فبرز لحربه أفتكين فهزمه، ثم نازلهم ثانية فظفر بهم ورجع إلى القاهرة بأفتكين ونزار، فذبح أفتكين وبنى على نزار حائطاً فهلك {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/nizar-rebellion-alexandria-495",
    "lang": "ar"
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the days of the caliph al-Musta'li bi-llah, his brother Nizar, to whom the Nizari movement is traced through the fortress of Alamut, fled and entered Alexandria {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The revolt and its suppression",
     "markdown": "The city's people pledged allegiance to him, and its judge Ibn Ammar and its governor Aftakin supported him. Al-Afdal ibn Badr al-Jamali attacked them, and Aftakin came out to fight him and defeated him. Al-Afdal then attacked a second time, won, and returned to Cairo with Aftakin and Nizar. Aftakin was put to death, and Nizar was walled up alive and died {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/nizar-rebellion-alexandria-495",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "فتنہ اور اس کا قمع",
     "markdown": "وہاں کے لوگوں نے ان کی بیعت کی، اور ان کے قاضی ابن عمار اور حاکم افتکین نے ان کا ساتھ دیا۔ الافضل بن بدر الجمالی نے ان کے خلاف لشکر بھیجا؛ افتکین مقابلے کو نکلا تو اسے شکست ہوئی۔ پھر دوبارہ حملہ ہوا تو انہیں فتح ملی اور وہ افتکین اور نزار کو لے کر قاہرہ لوٹے۔ افتکین کو ذبح کر دیا گیا، اور نزار پر دیوار چنوا دی گئی تو وہ ہلاک ہو گئے۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 402}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/nizar-rebellion-alexandria-495",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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 "updated": "2026-10-22",
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  "event/alexandria-unrest-25",
  "event/great-earthquake-180",
  "event/ibn-jubayr-in-alexandria-578",
  "person/abdullah-al-nadim",
  "person/abu-al-abbas-al-qurti",
  "person/ahmed-asmat-abdel-meguid",
  "person/ahmed-zewail",
  "person/al-mustansir-billah-egypt"
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