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- Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent.
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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ( Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal ( الأفضل ), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus.
Al-Afḍal had participated in the build-up to Haṭṭīn in 583/1187, and was present with his father at the battle when, according to Ibn al-Athīr, Saladin chided him for prematurely rejoicing at the victory.
- Gerald Hawting
- 2016
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.
Egypt, al-Afdal emerged from Sarkhad, assumed the atabegate in Cairo, and was persuaded to attempt to regain Damascus. Al-'Ädil managed to enter the town shortly before the arrival of al-Afdal with his forces, and there followed a siege that lasted for about six months.
Apr 5, 2024 · Saladin, Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes. In wars against the Christian Crusaders, he achieved great success with the capture of Jerusalem in 1187, ending its nearly nine decades of occupation by the Franks.
- Paul E. Walker
- How did Saladin rise to power?Saladin began his military career as a soldier in his uncle’s Egyptian campaign. In 1169 he became vizier of Egypt’s Fāṭimid caliphate, which was a...
- What motivated Saladin in his fight against the Crusaders?Saladin was a devout Sunni Muslim. He was committed to jihad, a term that in this context refers to a struggle to promote what is right and prevent...
- How did Saladin capture Jerusalem?In 1186/87 the Crusader prince Reginald of Châtillon broke a truce with Saladin, who responded by declaring war. Saladin slaughtered the Crusader a...
- What were the effects of Saladin’s capture of Jerusalem?Saladin’s reconquest of Jerusalem in 1187 prompted Pope Gregory VIII to organize the Third Crusade. From 1189 to 1192, Saladin lost Acre and Jaffa...
Aug 30, 2018 · In April 1187 the Franks' castle of Kerak was attacked, a force commanded by Saladin's son, al-Afdal, moved towards Acre and Saladin himself gathered together a huge army composed of troops from Egypt, Syria, Aleppo and Jazira (northern Iraq).
Now the crusaders were surrounded and, despite three desperate charges on Saladin's position, were broken up and defeated. An eyewitness account of this is given by Saladin's 17-year-old son, al-Afdal. It is quoted by Muslim chronicler Ibn al-Athir:
