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al-Afdal
Commanders: al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din
al-Adil
Commanders: al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub
Summary
Al-Malik al-Afdal set out from Egypt and besieged his uncle al-Adil at Damascus, then turned back from it. 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub
People and things also explored
al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)· al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il b. al-Adil· Rabi'a Khatun bint Ayyub· al-Malik al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 257
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/afdal-damascus-596/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.