Ahmed Shams al-Din al-Faizi
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Ahmed Shams al-Din al-Fa'izi | |
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| أحمد شمس الدين الفائزي | |
| Minister of Ra's al-'Ayn | |
| In office 1334–1349 | |
| Leader | Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan |
| Died | 1349 |
| Resting place | Ahmed Ibn Hashim Shrine |
| Parent |
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| Other names | Abu Hashim (أبو هاشم) Nathir Ras al-Ayn (ناظر رأس العين) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shīʿā |
Sayyid Ahmed Shams al-Din bin Muhammad Abu al-Fa'iz al-Musawi al-Ha'iri (Arabic: أحمد شمس الدين بن محمد أبي الفائز الموسوي الحائري) also known as Ahmed ibn Hashim (Arabic: أحمد بن هاشم), was an Iraqi Alid noble from Karbala. He was the minister of Ra's al-'Ayn (now Ayn al-Tamr) in 1334.
He is the son of Muhammad Abu al-Faiz, the eponymic ancestor of the Al Faiz family, that is known today as Al Tumah, Al Nasrallah, Al Dhiya al-Din, Al Awj, Al Tajer, and Al Sayyid Amin (Jolokhan al-Faizi). His lineage is as follows:[1]
Aḥmed Shams al-Din bin Moḥammed Abu al-Faʾiz bin Abu al-Ḥassan ʿAli bin Aḥmed Jalal al-Din bin Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammed bin Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammed bin Abu Jaʿfar Najm al-Din al-Aswad bin Abu Jaʿfar Moḥammed bin ʿAli al-Ghareeq bin Moḥammed al-Khair bin Abu al-Ḥassan ʿAli al-Majthoor bin Abu al-Ṭayyib Aḥmed bin Moḥammed al-Ḥaʾiri bin Ibrahim al-Mujāb bin Moḥammed al-ʿAābid bin Musa al-Kāthim.
Biography
In c. 1311, the Ilkhanate minister, Rashid al-Din, called for Ahmed in Hilla, and ordered him to kill the naqib which they had instated over the Ilkhanate kingdom, Taj al-Din al-Awi al-Aftasi,[2] and his two sons, Hussain and Ali. In return, he promised that he will make him naqib. Upon hearing this, Ahmed strongly refused, and fled that night to Karbala, and remained in hiding until Rashid al-Din's motive was exposed, in 1318.[3][4]
He was appointed Minister of Ras al-Ayn (Shfatha) in 1334 by Bahadur Khan. He died in 1349, and has a shrine and mosque in northwest Shfatha.[5]