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al-Malik al-Mughith Umar b. al-Salih Ayyub

الملك المغيث عمر بن الصالح أيوب

1244 CE · 642 AH

Al-Salih Ayyub's son (d. 642) — of whom no foul word was ever recorded; imprisoned by al-Salih Isma'il and squeezed by the minister 'the Samaritan', he died of grief and was buried in his grandfather al-Kamil's tomb 1.

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Roles
emir
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi

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    Overview

    Al-Malik al-Mughith 'Umar, son of al-Malik al-Salih Ayyub (d. 642) — of whom no foul word was ever recorded; imprisoned by al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il and squeezed by the minister "the Samaritan," he died of grief and resentment and was buried in the turbah of his grandfather al-Malik al-Kamil 1.

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    Child of
    al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub ibn al-Kamil

    People and things also explored

    Battle of Mansura, 647· The Fall of Damietta to the Franks, 647 AH· Al-Salih Isma'il takes Damascus and al-Salih Ayyub takes Egypt in 637· al-Malik al-Kamil Muhammad ibn al-Adil ibn Ayyub· توران شاه الملك المعظم بن الملك الصالح· al-Malik al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub ibn al-Kamil

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 223
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    Battle of Mansura, 647

    In Dhu al-Qa'da 647 the Franks drove as far as the sultan's pavilion at Mansura; the vanguard commander Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Shaykh rode in, fought and was killed, the Muslims broke, then turned and the victory came down — a great slaughter of the Franks. Sultan al-Salih Ayyub had already died mid-Sha'ban, his death concealed for days.