Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
An Ayyubid, lord of Damascus. He ordered the building of the Ashrafiyya House of Hadith in 628 AH, and it was finished in 630 AH. 1
Distinguishing him from al-Ashraf Musa ibn al-Adil needs an additional source.
Connections
- Spouse of
- al-Hujja al-Atabakiyya
- Participated in
- al-Ashraf takes Damascus· War between al-Ashraf's and Jalal al-Din's armies· Al-Malik al-Ashraf takes Damascus from his nephew Dawud· al-Ashraf's armies enter Azerbaijan and take part of it· Death of al-Malik al-Adil and his sons' succession· جلاء الفرنج عن دمياط سنة 618· Building of the Mosque of Repentance at al-Uqayba, 632· Truce between al-Mu'azzam and al-Ashraf· Shihab al-Din Ghazi rebels against his brother al-Ashraf and takes Khilat· The Battle of Yassi Jaman (Basi Jaman)
People and things also explored
al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ibn al-Adil ibn Ayyub· al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Isa ibn al-Adil, lord of Damascus· Damascus· جلال الدين منكبرتي بن خوارزم شاه· Damietta· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub· al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Dawud· عز الدين مسعود بن مودود
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 704
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Malik al-Ashraf, lord of Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-malik-al-ashraf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.