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al-Aziz
Commanders: al-Malik al-Aziz Imad al-Din Uthman ibn Salah al-Din
al-Afdal
Commanders: al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din
Summary
Al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman ibn Saladin set out from Egypt and besieged Damascus, which was in the hands of his brother al-Afdal, then withdrew without success. 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Aziz Imad al-Din Uthman ibn Salah al-Din· al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din Ali ibn Salah al-Din
People and things also explored
al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt· Death of Salah al-Din at Damascus· 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. 234
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/aziz-damascus-siege-590/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.