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While making ready to invade Egypt he was informed that his brother had been captured by his soldiers and was being held prisoner. As-Salih was invited to come at once and assume the Sultanate. [6] In August 1239, Ayyub began pressuring Al-Salih Ismail to join him at Nablus for the campaign to take over Egypt from al-Adil II. Ayyub began to ...
Al-Adil died in prison eight years later. Contemporary Muslim historians wrote disapprovingly about al-Adil II's "boisterous living and loose morals". [ 1 ] : 308 This is seemingly corroborated by an inlaid brass basin made for him by the master craftsman Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili which contains a "somewhat risqué" depiction of total nudity ...
The Louvre basin, made for the Ayyubid sultan al-Adil II sometime between 1238 and 1240. [1]: 301 There is an incision on the base which says the basin had belonged specifically to the vestry (ṭishtkhānah) of al-Adil. [1]: 301 Another mark was left by a later owner, the Yemeni prince Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, in 1775.
On al-Kamil's death his son al-Adil II occupied Damascus after his brother al-Salih Ayyub, the ruler of al-Jazira, revealed his intentions to succeed al-Kamil as sultan in Egypt. Ayyub was invited to take over Damascus by some of the local governors of Syria and accomplished the conquest in December 1238. [1]
Al-Adil's second son, Al-Mu'azzam Isa, had already been made prince of Damascus in 1198. [7] It appears that Al-Adil allowed Al-Kamil a fairly high degree of authority, since he oversaw much of the work on the Cairo Citadel , issued decrees in his own name, and even managed to persuade his father to dismiss the powerful minister Ibn Shukr. [ 8 ]
Al-Adil I (Arabic: العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Arabic: الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب, "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and brother of Saladin, who founded both the ...
Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of GIG Insurance - Egypt (S.A.E.)Global Credit Research - 27 Jan 2022Limassol, January 27, 2022 ...
July 1250 – 1254 AD: Ayyubid Sultan (al-Malik) al-Ashraf II Muzaffar ad-Din [Musa Al-Asharf موسى الأشرف, (reign 1250-1254 AD / 648-650 AH)]. Al-Ashraf Musa (الأشرف موسى) was the last, albeit titular, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt. Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt, was the puppet of the strong Mamluk ruler Izz ad-Din Aybak.