Ayyubid Succession Crisis

Name: Ayyubid Succession Crisis
Start: 1193
End: 1194

Type Event Region Levant Time 1193–1194

After Saladin's death in 1193, his sons and brothers divided the empire according to the practice of appanage partition, with nominal authority going…

Timeline

1193Damascus · SyriaSaladin died of illness in Damascus, bequeathing Egypt, Aleppo, Damascus, and appanages for his younger sons, and entrusting his brother al-Adil to assist; the empire passed from unified rule to a multi-centered partition.
1193–1194Levant / Egypt · LevantAl-Aziz Uthman held Egypt, al-Zahir Aleppo, and al-Afdal Damascus, each acting with independent finances and armies and recognizing no superior; the succession crisis quickly became a political rivalry among brothers.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 2A: The Indian Sub-Continent, Far East, Africa, and the Muslim West — P. M. Holt et al. (1977)