Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo

وفاة الملك الظاهر غازي بن صلاح الدين

c. 1216 CE · 613 AH

Aleppo

al-Malik al-Zahir Ghazi ibn Saladin, lord of Aleppo, died — the best and justest of the Ayyubids, Ibn al-Athir says; his infant son al-Aziz succeeded 1.

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1200121012201230 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Aleppo

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Summary

King al-Zahir Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din, lord of Aleppo, died. He was among the best and most just of the sons of Ayyub, and after him his son al-Aziz ruled while still a child 2.

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al-Malik al-Zahir Ghiyath al-Din Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din

People and things also explored

Ibn Layun the Armenian raids the Aleppo countryside· al-Malik al-Zahir Ghiyath al-Din Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din· Aleppo· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 369
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.369
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