MAUSOLEUM OF CHAGARET EL-DOR
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Ayyubid-style monument inspired by Abbasid elements and featuring an interior mosaic depicting a pearl tree.
An incredible story as that of Chagaret el-Dor, whose name means "the tree of pearls"! She married the last Ayyubid sultan, El-Saleh Ayyub, who fought Louis IX and died in the delta in 1249. She hides her husband's death for three months to give her son, Turan Shah, time to return from Mesopotamia to succeed his father. She continued the fight against the Crusaders and locked Saint Louis in Mansourah after the battle of the same name in 1250. The Mamluk soldiers who returned from this campaign do not accept Turan Shah, kill him, with the complicity of his mother... Feminist before her time, Chagaret el-Dor proclaims herself sultan and rules the country for 80 days, at the end of which she marries Aybak, who commands the Mamluks. In 1257, learning that her husband wished to take a second wife, she killed him. In rage, his rival and his followers killed her as she came out of her bath, with wooden sandals, the sandals that are still worn in the hammams. Her rival makes a cake that is still eaten today, the Umm Ali. The lifeless body of Chagaret el-Dor is thrown from a tower of the citadel, left to the dogs for three days. Finally, she is buried with dignity in the mausoleum that she herself had built for him. This monument is the last building in the Ayyubid style, which is also inspired by Abbasid elements. The interior mosaic represents a pearl tree.
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