Reign of Ayyubid Sultan al-Adil

Name: Reign of Ayyubid Sultan al-Adil
Start: 1200
End: 1218

Type Event Region Egypt Time 1200–1218

After Saladin's death, his brother al-Adil I gradually unified Ayyubid domains between 1200 and 1201, establishing suzerainty over Egypt and Syria an…

Timeline

1200–1201Cairo · EgyptAl-Adil established his sultanate in Egypt, replacing the weak rule of his nephew al-Aziz Uthman, and rebuilt Cairo as the core of Ayyubid power.
1201–1204Damascus · SyriaThrough diplomacy and military action, al-Adil gradually integrated the Ayyubid fiefdoms of Syria, weakening the separatist forces of his nephew al-Mu'azzam Isa and others, laying the foundation for dynastic unification.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2A: The Indian Sub-Continent, South-East Asia, Africa and the Muslim West — P. M. Holt (1977)