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Summary
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub took the land of Egypt from his nephew al-Afdal, and so Syria, Egypt, al-Jazira, Yemen and the two sanctuaries came together under his rule. 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Misr (Egypt)
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub· al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 265
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/adil-egypt-596/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.