Family tree of the Ayyubid dynasty.
[1]
The
Ayyubid dynasty ruled many parts of the
Middle East and
North Africa in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The following is a list of Ayyubid rulers by county/province.
Sultans of Egypt
See
Rulers of Islamic Egypt .
Saladin , son of
Ayyub , 1174–1193
Al-Aziz Uthman , son of Saladin, 1193–1198
Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad , son of al-Aziz Uthman, 1198–1200
Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr I (al-Adil I), brother of Saladin, 1200–1218
Al-Kamil , son of al-Adil I, 1218–1238
Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr II , son of al-Kamil, 1238–1240
As-Salih Ayyub , son of al-Kamil, 1240–1249
Al-Mu'azzam Turan-Shah , son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250
Al-Ashraf Musa , presumed descendant of Saladin (nominal rule, under Mamluk sultan
Aybak ), 1250–1254.
Displaced in Egypt by the
Mamluk sultanate , ruled briefly by
Shajar al-Durr , widow of as-Salih Ayyub, and then Aybak, 1254.
Family Tree of the Ayyubid Sultans of Egypt
Sultans and Emirs of Damascus
See
Rulers of Damascus .
Saladin , 1174–1193
Al-Afdal , son of Saladin, 1193–1196
Al-Adil I , brother of Saladin, 1196–1218
Al-Mu'azzam (Sharaf al-Din) Isa , son of al-Adil I, 1218–1227
An-Nasir Dawud , son of al-Mu'azzam Isa, 1227–1229
Al-Ashraf Musa , son of al-Adil I, 1229–1237
As-Salih Ismail , son of al-Adil I, 1237–1238
Al-Kamil , son of al-Adil I, 1238
Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr II (al-Adil II), son of al-Kamil, 1238–1239
As-Salih Ayyub , son of al-Adil I, 1239
As-Salih Ismail (second rule), 1239–1245
As-Salih Ayyub (second rule), 1245–1249
Al-Muazzam Turanshah , son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250
An-Nasir Yusuf , son of
al-Aziz Muhammad , 1250–1260.
Takeover by
Mongols , and then
Mamluks following the
battle of Ain Jalut , 1260.
Family Tree of the Rulers of Damascus
Emirs of Aleppo
See
Rulers of Aleppo .
Takeover by
Mongols , and then
Mamluks following the
battle of Ain Jalut , 1260.
Emirs of Baalbek
See
Baalbek, Middle Ages .
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (non-dynastic, former governor of Damascus), appointed by
Saladin , 1175–1178
Turan-Shah , brother of Saladin, 1178–1179
Farrukh Shah , nephew of Saladin, 1179–1182
Bahram Shah , son of Farrukh Shah, 1182–1230
Al-Ashraf Musa , son of al-Adil I, 1230–1237
As-Salih Ismail , brother of al-Ashraf Musa, 1237–1246
Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi (non-dynastic, appointed by as-Salih Ayyub), 1246–1249
Al-Muazzam Turanshah , son of al-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250
An-Nasir Yusuf , as sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, son of
al-Aziz Muhammad , 1250–1260.
Takeover by
Mongols , and then
Mamluks following the
battle of Ain Jalut , 1260.
Emirs of Hama
See
Hama, Muslim Rule .
Al-Muzaffar I Umar , son of
Nur ad-Din Shahanshah (brother of
Saladin ), 1178–1191
Al-Mansur I Muhammad , son of al-Muzaffar Umar, 1191–1221
Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan , son of al-Mansur Muhammad, 1221–1229
Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud , son of al-Mansur Muhammad, 1229–1244
Al-Mansur II Muhammad , son of al-Muzaffar II Mahmud, 1244–1284
[Vassals to Mamluk sultans after 1260]
Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud , son of al-Mansur II Muhammad, 1284–1299
[Ruled by emirs of Mamluk sultan
al-Nasir Muhammad , 1299–1310]
Abu al-Fida , son of Malik ul-Afdal (brother of
al-Mansur II Muhammad ), 1310–1332
Al-Afdal Muhammad , son of Abu al-Fida, 1332–1341.
Formal takeover by
Mamluk sultanate in 1341.
Emirs of Homs
See
Homs, Seljuk, Ayyubid and Mamluk Rule .
Muhammad ibn Shirkuh , son of
Shirkuh (uncle of
Saladin ), 1178–1186
Al-Mujahid Shirkuh , son of Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, 1186–1240
Al-Mansur Ibrahim , son of al-Mujahid Shirkuh, 1240–1246
Al-Ashraf Musa , son of al-Mansur Ibrahim, 1246–1248 (
Homs ), 1248–1260 (
Tell Bashir )
An-Nasir Yusuf , as sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, son of
al-Aziz Muhammad , 1250–1260
Al-Ashraf Musa (second rule), 1260–1263.
Directly ruled by
Mamluks under Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Bashqirdi, assigned by
Baibars , sultan of Egypt and Syria, from 1263.
Emirs of Hisn Kaifa
See
Hisn Kaifa, Ayyubid and Mongols .
As-Salih Ayyub , son of
al-Kamil , 1232–1239
Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah , son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1239–1249
Muwahhid Taqiyya ad-Din Abdullah , son of al-Mu'azzam Turanshah, 1249–1294
Kamil Ahmad I , 1294–1325
Adil Mujir ad-Din Muhammad , 1325–1328
Adil Shahab ad-Din , 1328–1349 (Meinecke gives this ruler as al-ʿĀdil Ghāzī, 1341–1367)
Salih Abu-Bakr Khalil I , 1349–1378
Adil Fakhr ad-Din Sulayman I , 1378-1432 (Meinecke gives this ruler as al-ʿĀdil Sulaimān, 1377–1424)
Ashraf Sharaf ad Din , 1432–1433
Salih Salah ad-Din , 1433–1452
Kamil Ahmad II , 1452–1455
Adil Khalif , 1455–1462
Salih Khalil II , 1482–1511
Adil Sulayman II , 1511–1514
Salih Khalil II (second rule), 1514–1520
Malik Hussayn , 1520–1521
Adil Sulayman II (second rule), 1521–1524.
Takeover by the
Ottoman Empire in 1524.
Emirs of al-Karak
Also referred to as governors of
Transjordan .
[3] See
al-Karak, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods .
Taken by
Mamluks under
Baibars , sultan of Egypt and Syria, in 1263.
Emirs of Diyar Bakr
See
Diyar Bakr .
Saladin , 1185–1193
Al-Adil I , brother of Saladin, 1193–1200
Al-Awhad Ayyub , son of al-Adil I, 1200–1210
Al-Ashraf Musa , son of al-Adil I, 1210–1220
Al-Muzaffar Ghazi , son of al-Adil I, 1220–1244
Al-Kamil (II) Muhammad , son of al-Muzaffar Ghazi, 1244–1260.
Taken by
Mongols in 1260.
Emirs of Yemen and Hejaz
See
Yemen, Ayyubid Conquest .
Turan-Shah , brother of Saladin, 1173–1181
Tughtakin ibn Ayyub , brother of Saladin, 1181–1197
Al-Mu'izz Fath ud-Din Isma'il , son of Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, 1197–1202
An-Nasir Muhammed ibn Tughtakin ibn Ayyub , son of Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, 1202–1214
Al-Muzaffar Sulayman , son of Al-Mansur I Muhammad, 1214–1215
Al-Mas'ud Yusuf , son of
Al-Kamil , 1215–1229.
Takeover by
Rasulid dynasty of Yemen in 1229.
Emirs of Banyas
See
Banyas .
References
^
Lane-Poole, Stanley (1894),
"Ayyūbids" , The Mohammadan Dynasties: Chronological and Genealogical Tables with Historical Introductions , Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, pp. 74–79,
OCLC
1199708
^ Wolff, Robert L. and Hazard, H. W., A History of the Crusades: Volume Two, The Later Crusades 1187-1311 , The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1977, pg. 814
Sources
Bosworth, C.E. (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual . Columbia University Press, pp. 70-75.
Humphreys, R.S. (1977).
From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193-1260 . New York: SUNY press. pp. 381–386.
ISBN
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"Ayyūbids" , The Mohammadan Dynasties: Chronological and Genealogical Tables with Historical Introductions , Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, pp. 74–79,
OCLC
1199708
Meinecke, Michael (1996),
"3. Hasankeyf/Ḥiṣn Kaifā on the Tigris: A Regional Center on the Crossroad of Foreign Influences" , Patterns of Stylistic Changes in Islamic Architecture: Local Traditions Versus Migrating Artists , New York University Press,
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