Ayyubid dynasty

E81697

Sunni Muslim dynasty medieval dynasty

The Ayyubid dynasty was a medieval Sunni Muslim ruling family of Kurdish origin that controlled Egypt, Syria, parts of Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula, and is best known for the leadership of Saladin and its role in the Crusades.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Ayyubid dynasty canonical	56
Ayyubid Sultanate	20
Ayyubid period	10
Ayyubid Egypt	5
Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt	4
Ayyubid family	3
Ayyubids	3
Ayyubid	1
Ayyubid army	1
Ayyubid court	1
Ayyubid domains	1
Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt	1
Ayyubid emirs	1
Ayyubid rulers	1
Ayyubid rulers of Syria	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni Muslim dynasty ⓘ medieval dynasty ⓘ
capital	Cairo ⓘ Damascus ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Hattin ⓘ Crusades ⓘ Siege of Acre (1189–1191) ⓘ Third Crusade ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
currency	dinar ⓘ dirham ⓘ
dynasticHouse	Ayyubid dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ayyubids
endTime	1250 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Kurdish ⓘ
event	conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 ⓘ
foundedBy	Saladin ⓘ
governmentType	sultanate ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ
legalSchool	Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi‘i
namedAfter	Ayyub ibn Shadhi ⓘ
notableCity	Aleppo ⓘ Hama ⓘ Homs ⓘ
notableConstruction	Cairo Citadel ⓘ surface form: Citadel of Cairo (expansion and development) fortifications of Damascus ⓘ
notableRuler	Al-Adil I ⓘ Al-Ashraf Musa ⓘ Al-Kamil ⓘ Saladin ⓘ
patronage	fortifications ⓘ hospitals ⓘ madrasas ⓘ religious architecture ⓘ
politicalStructure	confederation of semi-autonomous principalities ⓘ
predecessor	Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
regionRuled	Egypt ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ Yemen ⓘ parts of Iraq ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
roleInHistory	major Muslim power during the Crusades ⓘ
startTime	1169 ⓘ 1171 ⓘ
successor	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Al-Aqsa Mosque → restoredBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → majorDynasty → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Principality of Antioch → conflictWith → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Maimonides → deathPlace → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Egypt

Maimonides → citizenship → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Fatimid Caliphate → successor → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Mamluk rulers of Egypt → precededBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Cairo Citadel → builtDuring → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Cairo Citadel → historicalEra → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid period

Cairo Citadel → governedBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Ibn Arabi → deathPlace → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Eagle of Saladin → associatedWith → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Mamluk Sultanate → precededBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Edessa → countryDuringMiddleAges → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Mansoura → foundedBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Citadel of Damascus → rebuiltBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Citadel of Damascus → usedBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Third Crusade → belligerent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Saladin → dynastyFounded → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Ayyubid dynasty → dynasticHouse → Ayyubid dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubids

Kingdom of Jerusalem → opponent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Fifth Crusade (planning phase) → hasTarget → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Egypt

Fifth Crusade (planning phase) → hasOpposingForce → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Outremer → conflictWith → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Ibn al-Nafis → citizenship → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Crusader states → opposedBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Zengid dynasty → successor → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Sharifate of Mecca → partOf → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Siege of Acre (1189–1191) → opponent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Siege of Acre (1189–1191) → belligerent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Crusaders → foughtAgainst → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Flavia Neapolis → wasUnderRuleOf → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Battle of Arsuf (1191) → belligerent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Battle of Arsuf (1191) → combatant2 → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Battle of Jaffa (1192) → hasParticipant → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Battle of Jaffa (1192) → hasBelligerent → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid army

Islamic Cairo → periodOfSignificance → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid period

historic Cairo → significantPeriod → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Cairo

Islam in Egypt → hasHistoricalPhase → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt

al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh → successorState → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh → lostControlTo → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Christian Nubian kingdoms → borderedBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Kayqubad I → soughtAllianceWith → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid rulers

Fustat → laterRuledBy → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Ibn Qudamah → era → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid period

Ibn Taymiyyah → birthPlace → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Sultan al-Kamil → dynasty → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

Sultan al-Kamil → countryRuled → Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayyubid domains