al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back

حصر الأفضل دمشق وعوده عنها

c. 1199 CE · 596 AH

Damascus

Al-Afdal marched from Egypt, besieged his uncle al-Adil in Damascus, and turned back — the house-war that kept Syria and Egypt trading oaths and betrayals 1.

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119012001210 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Damascus

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Al-Malik al-Afdal set out from Egypt and besieged his uncle al-Adil at Damascus, then turned back from it. 1.

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al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub

People and things also explored

al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)· al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il b. al-Adil· Rabi'a Khatun bint Ayyub· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 257
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al-Adil's seizure of Damascus

al-Adil's seizure of Damascus, 27 Rajab 592 — after the Asadiyya and Kurds defected from al-Aziz of Egypt to his brother al-Afdal, the Bilbays settlement gave al-Afdal Palestine while al-Adil stayed in Egypt beside al-Aziz; then uncle and nephew marched on Damascus, suborned al-Afdal's favoured amir Ibn Abi Ghalib of Homs who opened the Bab al-Sharqi at 'asr, entered while al-Afdal knew nothing, and read him the order to vacate the citadel.