How a concubine became the ruler of Egypt - Abdallah Ewis

Server Costs Fundraiser 2024

Help our mission to provide free history education to the world! Please donate and contribute to covering our server costs in 2024. With your support, millions of people learn about history entirely for free every month.
$3890 / $18000

Video

Ibolya Horváth
by TED-Ed
published on 04 July 2022

Get to know the story of Shajar Al-Durr, who was born enslaved and rose to become the ruler of Egypt.

–

The year is 1249 CE. King Louis IX is sailing the Nile, threatening to overthrow the sultan and capture Egypt. Egypt’s commanders ask the sultan’s wife, Shajar Al-Durr, to report this news to the injured sultan. But they don’t know the truth: the sultan is dead, and she is secretly ruling in his stead. Who was this impressive woman? Abdallah Ewis details the reign of the Sultana of Egypt.

Lesson by Abdallah Ewis, directed by Elahe Baloochi.

Remove Ads
Advertisement

The video and its description text are provided by Youtube. This website claims no authorship of this content; we are republishing it for educational purposes.

Cite This Work

APA Style

TED-Ed. (2022, July 04). How a concubine became the ruler of Egypt - Abdallah Ewis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2801/how-a-concubine-became-the-ruler-of-egypt---abdall/

Chicago Style

TED-Ed. "How a concubine became the ruler of Egypt - Abdallah Ewis." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 04, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2801/how-a-concubine-became-the-ruler-of-egypt---abdall/.

MLA Style

TED-Ed. "How a concubine became the ruler of Egypt - Abdallah Ewis." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 Jul 2022. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

Membership