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Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub (5 November 1205 – 22 November 1249), nickname: Abu al-Futuh ( Arabic: أبو الفتوح ), also known as al-Malik al-Salih, was the Ayyubid ruler of Egypt from 1240 to 1249. Early life. As-Salih was born in 1205, the son of Al-Kamil and a Nubian concubine.
Apr 5, 2024 · al-Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb (born 1206/07, Cairo, Egypt—died November 1249) was the last effective ruler (reigned 1240 and 1245–49) of the Ayyūbid dynasty in Egypt. Al-Ṣāliḥ’s campaign against the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem in alliance with the Khwārezmians (1244) provoked the launching of the Seventh Crusade under Louis IX of France.
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By May 1247, as-Salih Ayyub was master of Syria south of Lake Homs, having gained control over Banyas and Salkhad. With his fellow Ayyubid opponents subdued, except for Aleppo under an-Nasir Yusuf, as-Salih Ayyub undertook a limited offensive against the Crusaders, sending Fakhr ad-Din to move against their territories in the Galilee.
By May 1247, as-Salih Ayyub was master of Syria south of Lake Homs, having gained Banyas and Salkhad. With his fellow Ayyubid opponents subdued, except for Aleppo under an-Nasir Yusuf, as-Salih Ayyub undertook a limited offensive against the Crusaders, sending Fakhr ad-Din to move against their holdings in the Galilee.
The complex was founded by the Ayyub sultan As-Salih Ayyub in 1242 and his mausoleum was added to it by Shajarr ad-Durr upon his death in 1249. It was one of the most prominent centers of Islamic learning in the Ayyubid and Mamluk era in the 13th–14th centuries CE.
based on original work by. Linda Komaroff. October 2001. 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 ...
This is one of the most important architectural installations dating to the Ayyubid period. It is located between al-Qasrayn (the two palaces) on al-Muizz Street. Built in the year 641 AH / 1243 AD, it became known as the Salhiyya Madrasa, referring to its eponym Sultan al-Salih Nagm al-Din Ayyub.
