List of Ayyubid

rulers

The Ayyubid dynasty ruled many parts of the Middle East and North Africa in the 12th, 13th and
14th centuries. The following is a list of Ayyubid rulers by county/province.

Family tree of the Ayyubid dynasty.[1]

Sultans of Egypt
Sultans of Egypt

See Rulers of Islamic Egypt.

Saladin, son of Ayyub, 1174–1193

Al-Aziz Uthman, son of Saladin, 1193–1198

Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, son of al-Aziz Uthman, 1198–1200

Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr I (al-Adil I), brother of Saladin, 1200–1218

Al-Kamil, son of al-Adil I, 1218–1238

Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr II, son of al-Kamil, 1238–1240

As-Salih Ayyub, son of al-Kamil, 1240–1249

Al-Mu'azzam Turan-Shah, son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250

Al-Ashraf Musa, presumed descendant of Saladin (nominal rule, under Mamluk sultan Aybak),
1250–1254.

Displaced in Egypt by the Mamluk sultanate, ruled briefly by Shajar al-Durr, widow of as-Salih
Ayyub, and then Aybak, 1254.

Family Tree of the Ayyubid Sultans of Egypt

 Ayyubid Dynasty

Al-Afdal
Najm al-Din
Ayyub

Al-Nasir Al-Adil
Salah al-Din Sayf al-Din
Yusuf Abu Bakr I
(1) (4)

r. 1171-1193 r. 1200-1218

Al-Kamil
Al-Aziz
Nasir al-Din
Uthman
(2)
Muhammad
(5)
r. 1193-1198
r. 1218-1238

Al-Mansur Al-Adil Al-Salih Al-Mas'ud

Nasir al-Din Sayf al-Din Najm al-Din Salah al-Din
Muhammad Abu Bakr II Ayyub Yusuf
(3) (6) (7)
Yemen
r. 1198-1200 r. 1238-1240 r. 1240-1249 r. 1215-1229

Al-Mu'azzam
Ghayath al-Din
Turanshah Yusuf
(8)

r. 1249-1250

Al-Ashraf
Muzaffar al-Din
Musa
(9)

r. 1250-1254

Sultans and Emirs of Damascus

Emirs of Aleppo
See Rulers of Aleppo.

Saladin, 1183–1193

Az-Zahir Ghazi, son of Saladin, 1193–1216

Al-Aziz Muhammad, son of az-Zahir Ghazi, 1216–1236

An-Nasir Yusuf, son of al-Aziz Muhammad, 1236–1260.

Takeover by Mongols, and then Mamluks following the battle of Ain Jalut, 1260.

Emirs of Baalbek

See Baalbek, Middle Ages.

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Muqaddam (non-dynastic, former governor of Damascus),

appointed by Saladin, 1175–1178

Turan-Shah, brother of Saladin, 1178–1179

Farrukh Shah, nephew of Saladin, 1179–1182

Bahram Shah, son of Farrukh Shah, 1182–1230

Al-Ashraf Musa, son of al-Adil I, 1230–1237

As-Salih Ismail, brother of al-Ashraf Musa, 1237–1246

Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi (non-dynastic, appointed by as-Salih Ayyub), 1246–1249

Al-Muazzam Turanshah, son of al-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250

An-Nasir Yusuf, as sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, son of al-Aziz Muhammad, 1250–1260.

Takeover by Mongols, and then Mamluks following the battle of Ain Jalut, 1260.

Emirs of Hama

See Hama, Muslim Rule.

Al-Muzaffar I Umar, son of Nur ad-Din Shahanshah (brother of Saladin), 1178–1191

Al-Mansur I Muhammad, son of al-Muzaffar Umar, 1191–1221

 Al-Nasir Kilij Arslan, son of al-Mansur Muhammad, 1221–1229

Al-Muzaffar II Mahmud, son of al-Mansur Muhammad, 1229–1244

Al-Mansur II Muhammad, son of al-Muzaffar II Mahmud, 1244–1284

[Vassals to Mamluk sultans after 1260]

Al-Muzaffar III Mahmud, son of al-Mansur II Muhammad, 1284–1299

[Ruled by emirs of Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, 1299–1310]

Abu al-Fida, son of Malik ul-Afdal (brother of al-Mansur II Muhammad), 1310–1332

Al-Afdal Muhammad, son of Abu al-Fida, 1332–1341.

Formal takeover by Mamluk sultanate in 1341.

Emirs of Homs

See Homs, Seljuk, Ayyubid and Mamluk Rule.

Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, son of Shirkuh (uncle of Saladin), 1178–1186

Al-Mujahid Shirkuh, son of Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, 1186–1240

Al-Mansur Ibrahim, son of al-Mujahid Shirkuh, 1240–1246

Al-Ashraf Musa, son of al-Mansur Ibrahim, 1246–1248 (Homs), 1248–1260 (Tell Bashir)

An-Nasir Yusuf, as sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, son of al-Aziz Muhammad, 1250–1260

Al-Ashraf Musa (second rule), 1260–1263.

Directly ruled by Mamluks under Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Bashqirdi, assigned by Baibars, sultan of
Egypt and Syria, from 1263.

Emirs of Hisn Kaifa

See Hisn Kaifa, Ayyubid and Mongols.

As-Salih Ayyub, son of al-Kamil, 1232–1239

Al-Mu'azzam Turanshah, son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1239–1249

Muwahhid Taqiyya ad-Din Abdullah, son of al-Mu'azzam Turanshah, 1249–1294

 Kamil Ahmad I, 1294–1325

Adil Mujir ad-Din Muhammad, 1325–1328

Adil Shahab ad-Din, 1328–1349 (Meinecke gives this ruler as al-ʿĀdil Ghāzī, 1341–1367)[2]

Salih Abu-Bakr Khalil I, 1349–1378

Adil Fakhr ad-Din Sulayman I, 1378-1432 (Meinecke gives this ruler as al-ʿĀdil Sulaimān, 1377–
1424)[2]

Ashraf Sharaf ad Din, 1432–1433

Salih Salah ad-Din, 1433–1452

Kamil Ahmad II, 1452–1455

Adil Khalif, 1455–1462

Salih Khalil II, 1482–1511

Adil Sulayman II, 1511–1514

Salih Khalil II (second rule), 1514–1520

Malik Hussayn, 1520–1521

Adil Sulayman II (second rule), 1521–1524.

Takeover by the Ottoman Empire in 1524.

Emirs of al-Karak

Also referred to as governors of Transjordan.[3] See al-Karak, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk
Periods.

Saladin, 1188

Al-Adil I, brother of Saladin, 1188-1193

Al-Mu'azzam Isa, son of al-Adil I, 1193–1227

An-Nasir Dawud, son of al-Mu'azzam Isa, 1229–1249

Al-Mughith 'Umar, son of al-Adil II, 1249–1263.

Taken by Mamluks under Baibars, sultan of Egypt and Syria, in 1263.

Emirs of Diyar Bakr

See Diyar Bakr.

Saladin, 1185–1193

Al-Adil I, brother of Saladin, 1193–1200

Al-Awhad Ayyub, son of al-Adil I, 1200–1210

Al-Ashraf Musa, son of al-Adil I, 1210–1220

Al-Muzaffar Ghazi, son of al-Adil I, 1220–1244

Al-Kamil (II) Muhammad, son of al-Muzaffar Ghazi, 1244–1260.

Taken by Mongols in 1260.

Emirs of Yemen and Hejaz

See Yemen, Ayyubid Conquest.

Turan-Shah, brother of Saladin, 1173–1181

Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, brother of Saladin, 1181–1197

Al-Mu'izz Fath ud-Din Isma'il, son of Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, 1197–1202

An-Nasir Muhammed ibn Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, son of Tughtakin ibn Ayyub, 1202–1214

Al-Muzaffar Sulayman, son of Al-Mansur I Muhammad, 1214–1215

Al-Mas'ud Yusuf, son of Al-Kamil, 1215–1229.

Takeover by Rasulid dynasty of Yemen in 1229.

Emirs of Banyas

See Banyas.

Al-Aziz 'Uthman, son of al-Adil I 1218–1232.

Al-Zahir Ghazi, son of al-'Aziz 'Uthman 1232–1232.

Al-Sa'id Hasan, son of al-'Aziz 'Uthman 1232–1247.

 As-Salih Ayyub, son of al-Kamil (dependency of Egypt) 1247–1249.

An-Nasir Yusuf, son of al-Aziz Muhammad (dependency of Damascus) 1250-?.

Al-Sa'id Hasan b. al-'Aziz (second reign; d. 658) 1260–1260.

References

Sources

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