al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)
حصر العزيز دمشق والصلح على قسمة البلاد
1194 CE · 590 AH
590: al-Aziz of Egypt besieged his elder brother al-Afdal in Damascus — Ibn al-Athir was inside — until al-Adil, al-Zahir of Aleppo, Nasir al-Din of Hama, Asad al-Din Shirkuh of Homs and Mosul's army converged to hold the city, knowing their own lands were next; the settlement gave al-Aziz Jerusalem and Palestine, kept Damascus, Tiberias and the Ghawr for al-Afdal, added Jabla and Latakia to al-Zahir, and restored al-Adil's Egyptian iqta' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
In 590 AH al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman ibn Salah al-Din, ruler of Egypt, reached Damascus and besieged it, while his brother al-Afdal was in it. al-Afdal sought help from his uncle al-Malik al-Adil, who marched, with the kings of Aleppo, Hama and Homs and the army of Mosul with him. 2
The settlement
When al-Aziz saw their gathering, he knew he had no power over the city. The peace was settled on the terms that Jerusalem and the lands around it in Palestine should go to al-Aziz, and Damascus, Tiberias and al-Ghawr should remain with al-Afdal, and al-Afdal would give his brother al-Zahir Jabala and Latakia. Then al-Aziz returned to Egypt, and each king returned to his own land. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
استيلاء العادل على دمشق· وفاة صلاح الدين بدمشق· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)· موقعة مرج راهط· بناء جامع دمشق
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 234
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.234
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Aziz's siege of Damascus and the partition settlement (590 AH)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/damascus-partition-590/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.