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.

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

Sultans and Emirs of Damascus

See Rulers of Damascus.

• Saladin, 1174–1193
• Al-Afdal, son of Saladin, 1193–1196
• Al-Adil I, brother of Saladin, 1196–1218
• Al-Mu'azzam (Sharaf al-Din) Isa, son of al-Adil I, 1218–1227
• An-Nasir Dawud, son of al-Mu'azzam Isa, 1227–1229
• Al-Ashraf Musa, son of al-Adil I, 1229–1237
• As-Salih Ismail, son of al-Adil I, 1237–1238
• Al-Kamil, son of al-Adil I, 1238
• Al-Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr II (al-Adil II), son of al-Kamil, 1238–1239
• As-Salih Ayyub, son of al-Adil I, 1239
• As-Salih Ismail (second rule), 1239–1245
• As-Salih Ayyub (second rule), 1245–1249
• Al-Muazzam Turanshah, son of as-Salih Ayyub, 1249–1250
• An-Nasir Yusuf, son of al-Aziz Muhammad, 1250–1260.

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

Family Tree of the Rulers 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.

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