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The Ayyubid dynasty (Arabic: الأيوبيون, romanized: al-Ayyūbīyūn; Kurdish: ئەیووبییەکان, romanized: Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.
The Ayyubid dynasty ruled many parts of the Middle East and North Africa in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The following is a list of Ayyubid rulers by county/province. Sultans of Egypt
This dynasty would begin to fade after the death of their last ruler in 1171. In 1174, Egypt came under the rule of the Ayyubids, who ruled from Damascus and not from Cairo. This dynasty fought against the Crusader States during the Fifth Crusade. Ayyubid Sultan Najm al-Din recaptured Jerusalem in 1244. He introduced Mamluk forces into his army ...
The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was unknown until Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone .
The sultanate was established with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in 1250 and was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Mamluk history is generally divided into the Turkic or Bahri period (1250–1382) and the Circassian or Burji period (1382–1517), called after the predominant ethnicity or corps of the ruling Mamluks during ...
Egypt. Tulunids (868–905) Fatimid dynasty (909–1171) Ikhshidids (935–969) Banu Kanz (1004–1412) Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1254) Mamluk dynasty (1250–1517) Abbasid Caliph (1250–1517) under Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo; Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914) Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922) Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) Tunisia. Aghlabid ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Alexandria, ... Fatimid dynasty: 969–1171: Ayyubid dynasty: 1171–1250: ... Timeline of Egypt
The Ayyubid dynasty and its Sultans ruled Egypt and parts of Western Asia from 1171 to 1260. Remnants of the dynasty continued to rule small areas until the 16th century, typically as vassals to other states.