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  "ar": "قتل شهاب الدين السهروردي بحلب سنة 587",
  "en": "Killing of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi in Aleppo, 587"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة سبع وثمانين قُتل الفيلسوف شهاب الدين يحيى السهروردي بحلب؛ قدمها واشتهر اسمه فأقام له الملك الظاهر غازي ولد السلطان صلاح الدين مجلساً فبان فضله وبهر علمه فارتبط عليه الظاهر واختص به، وظهر للعلماء منه زندقة وانحلال فعلّموا حُرُماً بكفره وسيروه إلى صلاح الدين وخوفوه من أن يفسد عقيدة ولده، فبعث إلى ولده بأن يقتله بلا مراجعة، فخُيّره فاختار أن يموت جوعاً لأنه كان له عادة بالرياضة، فمُنع من الطعام حتى تلف وعاش ستاً وثلاثين سنة؛ وقال السيف الآمدي رأيته كثير العلم قليل العقل {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}.",
  "en": "In 587 the philosopher Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi was killed at Aleppo. He had come there famous; al-Malik al-Zahir Ghazi, Salah al-Din's son, sat him in session, his brilliance dazzled, and the prince attached himself to him. The scholars marked him for heresy, drew up a warrant of unbelief, and warned Salah al-Din he would corrupt his son's creed — so the sultan ordered him killed without further consultation. Offered the manner of his death, he chose starvation, for austerity was his habit; food was withheld till he perished, aged thirty-six. Sayf al-Amidi: 'I saw him — much learning, little sense' {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}."
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   "hijri": "0587",
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   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 587هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}. عند ابن خلكان: خُنق بقلعة حلب في خامس رجب 587 {cite:wafayat-ayan}."
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   "edtf": "1191~",
   "hijri": "0587",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 587هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}. عند ابن خلكان: خُنق بقلعة حلب في خامس رجب 587 {cite:wafayat-ayan}."
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    "edtf": "1191~",
    "hijri": "0587",
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    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "سنة 587هـ؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}. عند ابن خلكان: خُنق بقلعة حلب في خامس رجب 587 {cite:wafayat-ayan}."
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    "label": {
     "ar": "شهاب الدين السهروردي"
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    "label": {
     "ar": "أمر الدولة الأيوبية بحلب"
    }
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب لابن العماد — الجزء الرابع، ممسوح مكتبة الحصاد (AAlexandrina-223861)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة سبع وثمانين وخمسمائة قُتل الفيلسوف شهاب الدين يحيى السهروردي بحلب، وكان قد قدمها واشتهر اسمه، فأقام له الملك الظاهر غازي ولد السلطان صلاح الدين مجلساً، فبان فضله وبهر علمه، فارتبط عليه الظاهر واختص به {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حرم العلماء",
     "markdown": "وظهر للعلماء منه زندقة وانحلال، فعلّموا حُرُماً بكفره وسيّروه إلى صلاح الدين، وخوّفوه من أن يفسد عقيدة ولده، فبعث إلى ولده بأن يقتله بلا مراجعة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الموت جوعاً",
     "markdown": "فخُيّره فاختار أن يموت جوعاً، لأنه كان له عادة بالرياضة، فمُنع من الطعام حتى تلف، وعاش ستاً وثلاثين سنة. وقال السيف الآمدي: رأيته كثير العلم قليل العقل {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}. وعند ابن خلكان: خُنق بقلعة حلب في خامس رجب سنة 587 {cite:wafayat-ayan}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/suhrawardi-execution-587",
    "lang": "ar"
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In 587 AH the philosopher Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi was killed in Aleppo. He had come there and his name had spread. The king al-Zahir Ghazi, son of the sultan Salah al-Din, held a gathering for him, where his merit showed and his learning dazzled. Al-Zahir became attached to him and favoured him {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The scholars' accusation",
     "markdown": "The scholars came to see heresy and moral laxity in him. They issued a legal ruling that he was an unbeliever and sent it to Salah al-Din. They warned him that Suhrawardi might corrupt his son's belief, and Salah al-Din sent word to his son to kill him without further discussion {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death by starvation",
     "markdown": "He was offered a choice, and he chose to die of hunger, because he was used to fasting. He was denied food until he died. He had lived thirty-six years. The sword-bearer al-Amidi said: \"I saw him, with much knowledge and little sense.\" Ibn Khallikan reports that he was strangled in the citadel of Aleppo on 5 Rajab 587 AH {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770; wafayat-ayan}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/suhrawardi-execution-587",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "علماء کا فتویٰ",
     "markdown": "علماء کو ان میں زندقہ اور بے دینی نظر آئی، تو انہوں نے ان کے کفر پر فتویٰ دیا اور انہیں صلاح الدین کے پاس بھیج دیا، اور انہیں ڈرایا کہ وہ ان کے بیٹے کے عقیدے کو بگاڑ دیں گے۔ اس پر صلاح الدین نے اپنے بیٹے کو لکھا کہ بغیر مزید رجوع کے انہیں قتل کر دے۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "بھوک سے موت",
     "markdown": "انہیں اختیار دیا گیا تو انہوں نے بھوک سے مرنے کا انتخاب کیا، کیونکہ انہیں ریاضت کی عادت تھی۔ انہیں کھانے سے روکا گیا یہاں تک کہ وہ ہلاک ہو گئے۔ ان کی عمر چھتیس سال تھی۔ سیف الآمدی نے کہا: میں نے انہیں بہت علم رکھنے والا، مگر کم عقل پایا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 770} ابن خلکان کے ہاں ہے کہ انہیں حلب کے قلعے میں 587 ہجری کے رجب کی پانچ تاریخ کو گلا گھونٹ کر مارا گیا۔ {cite:wafayat-ayan}"
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-19"
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  "event/abbasid-khutba-egypt-567",
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  "event/al-farabi-at-sayf-al-dawla-court",
  "event/al-salih-taken-aleppo-569"
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