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King al-Adil Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub died, having reached a great old age. His son al-Kamil took Egypt, al-Muazzam took Damascus and al-Ashraf took al-Jazira. Most of them obeyed al-Kamil, and the authority of the Ayyubids was gathered in him ².

جلاء الفرنج عن دمياط سنة 618

In 618 al-Ashraf set out to aid his brother al-Kamil, and the army of Syria marched with him. The Franks left Damietta on horse and on foot during the Nile's rise and camped beside a canal; the Muslims breached the Nile onto it, and the water kept them from reaching Damietta. The fleet came, seized the Frankish ships and captured some eight hundred horsemen, among them the lord of Acre, and a host of foot soldiers. When they saw their ruin, they asked for terms, to hand Damietta over to al-Kamil, and he agreed. Then his brothers al-Mu'azzam and al-Ashraf came to him with the troops in Rajab; he prepared a great banquet, brought in the kings of the Franks, bestowed favours upon them, and it was a day long remembered.

Death of al-Malik al-Adil and his sons' succession

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جلاء الفرنج عن دمياط سنة 618