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Summary
King al-Aziz Uthman ibn Salah al-Din, lord of Egypt, died after an illness that struck him while hunting. His brother al-Afdal Ali then took over the Egyptian lands 2.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Misr (Egypt)
- 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
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· a Shia rising shows itself in Egypt· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· Battle of Hattin· Death of al-Malik al-Afdal
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 255
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.255
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islam.museum contributors. “death of al-Aziz — al-Afdal takes Egypt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-aziz-595/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.