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In time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

In space

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Summary

Saladin moved his brother al-Adil from Egypt to Aleppo and its dependencies, and made his son al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman his deputy in Egypt. ¹.

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Occurred at: Aleppo· Misr (Egypt)
Had participant: al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub· al-Malik al-Aziz Imad al-Din Uthman ibn Salah al-Din· Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

People and things also explored

al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· Egypt army and fleet reach the Acre theater· the hidden estrangement between Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin· Saladin's first siege of Aleppo — the boy-king's speech and the Ismaili knives· Salah al-Din takes the north and Aleppo in 578

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 139

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islam.museum contributors. “the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/adil-aziz-shuffle-582/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends

Al-Adil Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub took Egypt from his nephew al-Afdal — reuniting Syria, Egypt, the Jazira, Yemen and the two Harams under one hand; al-Afdal sank back to a palace nonentity.