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Fakhr ad-Din Umar

Type Figure Region Transjordan Time c. 1240–1284 Also known as Umar ibn Muhammad

Fakhr ad-Din Umar was a 13th-century Ayyubid emir of Kerak (in modern Jordan), one of the last independent Ayyubid lords in the eastern Levant, who s…

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  1. c. 1271–1276Kerak · TransjordanHolding the fortress of Kerak, he maintained a relatively independent Ayyubid local regime between Mamluk expansion and remnant Crusader forces, controlling the strategic routes of Transjordan.
  2. 1276–1280Kerak · TransjordanForced to submit after Baybars personally campaigned to besiege Kerak in 1276, he acknowledged Mamluk suzerainty and paid tribute, thereafter maintaining local rule as a vassal between 1277 and 1280.

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