Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd

Nāṣir al-Dīn Maḥmūd (ruled 1201–1222) was a ruler of the Hasankeyf of the Artuqid dynasty.^[2] He was a son of Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad (1174–1185).

Coinage of Nasir al-Din Mahmud (1200-1222) Amid mint. Dated AH 617 (1220-1 CE).
Obv: Double-headed eagle with wings displayed, all within floral quadrilobe, name and titles of Nasir al-Din Mahmud within petals of quadrilobe, continuation of name in outer margin.
Rev: Name and title of Ayyubid overlord in two lines; all within hexagram; mint formula and AH date in angles of hexagram; name and titles of Abbasid caliph in outer margins.^[1]

He is particularly known to have commisionned an edition of the Al-Jāmi‘ fī ṣinā‘at al-ḥiyal of Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, devoted to the depiction of mechanical devices in 1206 Amid (modern-day Diyarbakır), in modern Turkey.^[3] The miniatures are thought to reflect various aspects of the Artuqid court at the time.^[3]

• Court scene. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).^[3]
• Ruler (court scene detail). Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).^[3]
• Turkic figure. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).^[3]
• Female servant. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).^[3]
• Turkic figure. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).^[3]

References

1. Whelan Type IC, 154-5; S&S Type 18; Album 1823.3. VF
2. Whelan 1988, p. 146.
3. Balafrej, Lamia (19 December 2022). "Automated Slaves, Ambivalent Images, and Noneffective Machines in al-Jazari's Compendium of the Mechanical Arts, 1206". Inquiries into Art. History: 739–741. doi:10.11588/xxi.2022.4.91685.

Sources

• Whelan, Estelle (1988), "Representations of the Khassakiyah and the Origins of Mamluk Emblems", in Soucek, Priscilla (ed.), Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World, University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press