Shajar al-Durr

Shajar al‑Durr (Arabic شجرة الدر, literally 'tree of pearls') is a historically attested regnal epithet and personal name recorded in medieval Islamic chronicles. The best documented bearer is the 13th‑century Egyptian sultana known in sources by this name; she appears in contemporary and near‑contemporary Mamluk and Ayyubid chronicles. Linguistically, the phrase combines shajarah (tree) and al‑durr (the pearls), a poetic construction in Arabic literary naming practice. As a name or title it carries courtly and poetic connotations rather than being a quotidian personal name; it is therefore rare in modern onomastics but historically significant. For related historical female regnal names and epithets see [[Taj al-Nisa]] and [[Shahzadi]] which similarly combine honorific elements with symbolic imagery. The name is not a Quranic proper name though its components are classical Arabic words used widely in literature and chronicles.