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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.
al-Malik al-Afdal Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān ( Arabic: الملك ألأفضل نجم الدين أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان Kurdish: Necmeddin Eyûbî; died August 9, 1173), or simply Najmadin, was a Kurdish soldier and politician from Dvin, and the father of Saladin. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Ayyubid dynasty.
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 ...
Apr 5, 2024 · al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb. Born: 1206/07, Cairo, Egypt. Died: November 1249. House / Dynasty: Ayyubid dynasty. Role In: Seventh Crusade. 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.
Sultan al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub (r. AH 637–47 / AD 1240–9) the last of the Ayyubid sultans. Description: The Madrasa of al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub was erected on the site where the Fatimid Eastern Palace once stood.
King As-Salih Najm Ad-Din Ayyoub. By Dr. Ragheb El-Sergany. As-Salih Ayyoub came out from this tragic war fully aware that he should only depend on his army which was loyal to his person rather than his money. Thus, he started depending on new soldiers in place of the Khwarezmids, i.e. the Mamluks.
Madrasa wa Qubbat al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub. Cairo, Egypt. The Madrasa of al-Salih, the first in Egypt to be built for all four Sunni schools of Islamic law following the example of the Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya in Baghdad (1233), was constructed under al-Salih in 1242-44.
