Al-Afdal governs Damascus

Name: Al-Afdal governs Damascus
Start: 1193
End: 1196

Type Event Region Syria Time 1193–1196

In 1193 Saladin's eldest son al-Afdal acceded in Damascus, nominally inheriting his father's supreme sultan title and ruling southern Syria, but his …

Timeline

1193Damascus · SyriaAl-Afdal inherited his father's political legacy in Damascus, taking the title of sultan and presiding over Friday sermons, proclaiming nominal overlordship of the Ayyubid domains as eldest son.
1193–1195Damascus · SyriaAl-Afdal tried to use religious and political authority to bind his brothers in Egypt and Aleppo, and represented the Ayyubid side in renewing truces with the crusaders, but his brothers refused his military commands, rendering his overlordship nominal.

Sources

Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War — Malcolm Cameron Lyons and D. E. P. Jackson (1982)