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Summary
Al-Malik al-Ashraf took the city of Damascus after the death of his brother al-Mu'azzam and the weakness of al-Mu'azzam's son al-Nasir Dawud, and then ruled it autocratically. 1.
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- Occurred at
- Damascus
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Ashraf, lord of Damascus· al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Dawud
People and things also explored
Death of al-Malik al-Mu'azzam of Damascus· Building of the Mosque of Repentance at al-Uqayba, 632· Truce between al-Mu'azzam and al-Ashraf· Al-Salih Isma'il takes Damascus and al-Salih Ayyub takes Egypt in 637· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 482
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ashraf takes Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ashraf-damascus-626/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.