8 results for “ayyubid”
... by the Crusader states, comparable in scale to Hattin. The Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, al-Salih Ayyub, had allied with displaced ...
Saladin founded the Ayyubid dynasty after deposing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The ...
...-soldiers, seized power in Egypt following the death of the Ayyubid sultan. The Mamluk Sultanate would rule Egypt and Syria for...
... Arabic prose and a brilliant administrator who managed the Ayyubid state while Saladin was on campaign.
Kurdish Muslim sultan and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty who liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 583 A...
...theologian of Damascus (577-660 AH). He famously defied the Ayyubid ruler and later sold Mamluk amirs at auction to fund the Mu...
Sultan of Egypt and Syria who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 CE. Known equally for his military genius and his chivalry.