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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus.
Egypt, al-Afdal emerged from Sarkhad, assumed the atabegate in Cairo, and was persuaded to attempt to regain Damascus. Al-'Ädil managed to enter the town shortly before the arrival of al-Afdal with his forces, and there followed a siege that lasted for about six months.
May 10, 2016 · Ibn Wāṣil has al-Afḍal explicitly state his willingness to allow his brother to have the khuṭba and sikka, whereas Abū Shāma, citing ʿImād al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī’s Al-ʿUtbā waʾl-ʿuqbā, puts it more ornately: al-Afḍal considered writing to his brother bi-kulli mā yaḥibbu min iʿlāʾ kalimatihi waʾl-ijtimāʿ ...
Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus.
Aug 30, 2013 · Ibn Shaddad (1144-1234) was clearly a great admirer of Saladin and was a close associate of his, serving as his qadi al-'askar (judge of the army), from 1188 until Saladin's death in 1193.
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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus.
