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The Ayyubid dynasty ( Arabic: الأيوبيون al-Ayyūbīyūn; Kurdish: ئەیووبیەکان Eyûbiyan ), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, [6] [9] [10 ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Ayyubid dynasty, Sunni Muslim dynasty, founded by Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn), that ruled in the late 12th and early 13th centuries over Egypt and what became Upper Iraq, most of Syria, and Yemen. Saladin’s father, Ayyūb (in full Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhī), for whom the Ayyubid dynasty is named, was a member of a family of Kurdish ...
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The Ayyubid dynasty came to power under the leadership of the Kurdish Zangid general Salah al-Din (r. 1169–93), known in Europe as Saladin. After repulsing a Crusader army that had reached the gates of Fatimid Cairo and occupying Egypt on behalf of the Zangids (1160s), Salah al-Din declared the Fatimid caliphate to be at its end, and established the Ayyubid sultanate (1171).
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub [a] ( c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, [b] was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant.
- 1174 – 4 March 1193
- Ayyub ibn Shadi
- Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
- Sunni Islam
Ayyubid Empire in its Greatest Extent. The Ayyubid or Ayyoubid Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish [1] origins which ruled Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Diyar Bakr, Mecca, Hejaz and northern Iraq in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Ayyubids are also known as Ayoubites, Ayyoubites, Ayoubides, or Ayyoubides.
1. 4. The Ayyubid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin, founded by Saladin and centered in Egypt. The dynasty ruled much of the Middle East during the 12th and 13th centuries CE. The Ayyubid family, under the brothers Ayyub and Shirkuh, originally served as soldiers for the Zengids until they supplanted them under Saladin, Ayyub’s son.
Sep 11, 2018 · Illustration. by Arab League. published on 11 September 2018. Download Full Size Image. A map indicating (in red) the greatest extent of the Ayyubid Dynasty's empire (1171-1250 CE). Green indicates the areas controlled by the Crusader states (aka Latin East). Remove Ads.
