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Summary
Al-Zahir Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din took the castle of Najm on the Euphrates from his brother al-Afdal. Al-Adil had assigned the castle to al-Afdal as an iqta' (land grant) in compensation for Egypt. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Qal'at Najm
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Zahir Ghiyath al-Din Ghazi ibn Salah al-Din· al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din
People and things also explored
al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· Battle of Hattin· Death of al-Malik al-Afdal· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 283
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Zahir takes Qal'at Najm from his brother al-Afdal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/zahir-najm-castle-599/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.