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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
4According to al-Maqrlzî, already in 580/1184 Saladin had provided for al-Afdal to become the ruler of Damascus with his uncle Sayfal-DIn al-'Ädil as his guardian (bi-kafilat 'ammihi), but those provision were not put into effect: Al-Maqrîzï, Kitâb al-Sulük li-ma'rifat duwal al-mulük, (ed.) Muhammad Mustafa Ziyäda, vol. 1, part 1,
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May 10, 2016 · The period following the death of Saladin (589/1193) was a formative one in the history of the Ayyūbid empire. It saw the eventual establishment of Saladin's younger brother Sayf al-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil as the acknowledged sovereign of the various territories ruled by members of the Ayyūbid family, overturning the succession arrangements that Saladin had put into place; and it ...
- 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.
- 1174 – 4 March 1193
- Ayyub ibn Shadi
- Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
- Sunni Islam
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 ...
Sep 22, 2019 · The summer of 1184 saw a return to Reynald’s lands, a retaking of the town around Kerak and renewed bombardment by mangonel. But again, as a relieving army approached, the siege was abandoned and a new dance commenced between the armies. And again, Salah ad-Din did not choose direct confrontation.
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 ...
