Jamal ad-Din Shadbakht was a mamluk and atabeg of Zengid ruler As-Salih Ismail al-Malik who served as lieutenant of Aleppo citadel between 1174 and 1181.
He was an Indian freed slave of Nur ad-Din Zengi, and played an important role in the transfer of power from Nur ud-Din to As-Salih Ismail. During the reign of Saladin, he was stripped of his position and was exiled to the fortress of Azaz in 1183.[1]
Shadbakht built two madrassas in Aleppo, including the Al-Shadbakhtiyah Madrasa, as well as a khanqah in Harran.[2]