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Sunni Islam. 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. His career as a ...
- Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf)
- Sunni Islam
- 4 March 1193 – 1196
- Al-Adil I
May 10, 2016 · 28 For a highly critical view of Ibn al-Athīr as a source, see Gibb, H. A. R., “ Notes on the Arabic Materials for the History of the early Crusades ”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 7 (1935), pp. 739 – 754 CrossRef Google Scholar; but cf. D. S. Richards in the Introduction to his translation of the Kāmil, The ...
- Gerald Hawting
- 2016
Al-Afdal the Son of Saladin and His Reputation. GERALD HAWTING. Abstract. The period following the death of Saladin (jSç/i 193) was a formative one in the history of the Ayyiibid. empire. It saw the eventual establishment of Saladin's younger brother Sayf al-Dîn al-Malik al- 'Adil as.
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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. His career as a ruler was chequered and punctuated by repeated armed conflict with ...
Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic language: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225) popularly known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus. Al-Afdal was one of the Ayyubid commanders at the Battle of Arsuf, when Saladin was defeated by Richard I of England and the ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din. Birthdate: 1170. Death: 1225 (54-55) Immediate Family: Son of Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub and unknown first wife of Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb. Brother of Al-Malik Al-Aziz Osman bin Salahadin Yusuf; Ghiyath-el-di al-Zahir; al-Aziz and az-Zahir.
Aug 30, 2013 · Ibn Shaddad (1144-1234) was clearly a great admirer of Saladin and was a close associate of his, serving as his qadi al-'askar (judge of the army), from 1188 until Saladin's death in 1193. His position and his access to information make this an authoritative and essential source for Saladin's career, while his personal relationship with the ...
