نجم الدين أيوب
نجم الدين أيوب
Saladin's father; the historians agree his family were Rawadiyya Kurds of Hadhbani from Dvin on Azerbaijan's edge, whence his father Shadhi took him and his brother Shirkuh to Baghdad and then Tikrit, where Shadhi died 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- military · Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Najm al-Din Ayyub ibn Shadhi, father of Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, and brother of Asad al-Din Shirkuh. He was the son of Shadhi ibn Marwan. 2
Origins
Ibn Khallikan reports that historians agree that his father and family were from Dawin, a town at the far edge of the province of Azerbaijan on the side of Arran and the lands of the Kurj. They were Kurds of the Rawadiyya, a branch of the Hadhbaniyya. Ayyub was born there. 2
Migration
His father Shadhi set out with his two sons, Asad al-Din Shirkuh and Najm al-Din Ayyub, to Baghdad. They then settled in Tikrit, where Shadhi died. 2
Connections
- Child of
- شاذي بن مروان
- Sibling of
- أسد الدين شيركوه
People and things also explored
حريق الفسطاط ووزارة شيركوه ثم صلاح الدين· بعثة أسد الدين شيركوه الأولى إلى مصر· أسد الدين شيركوه· شاذي بن مروان
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p. 139-140
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p.139-140
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islam.museum contributors. “نجم الدين أيوب”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/najm-al-din-ayyub/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.