Gökböri
Muzaffar ad-Din Gökböri | |
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Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri. AH 563-630 (AD 1167-1233). Arbil mint. Dated AH 587 (AD 1191-2). Bareheaded and draped bust left; name and titles of Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri in outer margin. | |
| Born | 13 April 1154 |
| Died | 28 June 1233 (aged 78) |
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| Allegiance | Zengids Ayyubids Abbasids |
| Rank | Emir |
| Commands | General commanding armies and divisions of armies. Governor of various cities and regions. Lord of Erbil |
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Gökböri (13 April 1154 – 28 June 1233) or Muzaffar ad-Din Gökböri, was a leading emir and general of Sultan Saladin (Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb), and ruler of Erbil. He served both the Zengid and Ayyubid rulers of Syria and Egypt. He played a pivotal role in Saladin's conquest of Northern Syria and the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) and later held major commands in a number of battles against the Crusader states and the forces of the Third Crusade. He was known as Manafaradin, a corruption of his principal praise name, to the Franks of the Crusader states.
Gökböri was the first Muslim ruler to publicly celebrate the birth of Islamic prophet Muhammad in an impressive ceremony in Erbil during which poetry on the occasion of the Mawlid (the Prophet's Birthday) was recited.