Ayyubid dynasty

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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.

Aliases (4)

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	Ayyubids →
endTime	1250 →
ethnicOrigin	Kurdish →
event	conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 →
foundedBy	Saladin →
governmentType	sultanate →
language	Arabic → Kurdish →
legalSchool	Shafi‘i →
namedAfter	Ayyub ibn Shadhi →
notableCity	Aleppo → Hama → Homs →
notableConstruction	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 → 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 (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ibn al-Nafis ("Ayyubid Sultanate") → Maimonides ("Ayyubid Sultanate") →	citizenship
Outremer ("Ayyubid Sultanate") → Principality of Antioch →	conflictWith
Ibn Arabi ("Ayyubid Sultanate") → Maimonides ("Ayyubid Egypt") →	deathPlace
Mamluk Sultanate → Mamluk rulers of Egypt →	precededBy
Eagle of Saladin →	associatedWith
Third Crusade ("Ayyubid Sultanate") →	belligerent
Cairo Citadel →	builtDuring
Edessa →	countryDuringMiddleAges
Ayyubid dynasty ("Ayyubids") →	dynasticHouse
Saladin →	dynastyFounded
Mansoura →	foundedBy
Cairo Citadel →	governedBy
Middle East and North Africa →	hasHistoricalCivilization
Islamic world →	hasHistoricEmpire
Fifth Crusade (planning phase) ("Ayyubid Sultanate") →	hasOpposingForce
Fifth Crusade (planning phase) ("Ayyubid Egypt") →	hasTarget
Cairo Citadel ("Ayyubid period") →	historicalEra
Islamic Golden Age →	majorDynasty
Kingdom of Jerusalem →	opponent
Citadel of Damascus →	rebuiltBy
Al-Aqsa Mosque →	restoredBy
Fatimid Caliphate →	successor
Citadel of Damascus →	usedBy