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al-Malik az-Zahir Ghazi

Type Figure Region Syria Time 1172–1216 Also known as Zahir Ghazi

Az-Zahir Ghazi (1172–1216), Ayyubid emir of Aleppo and third son of Saladin, was appointed to govern Aleppo in 1186, ruled independently after Saladi…

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  1. 1186–1193Aleppo · SyriaIn 1186 Saladin appointed the roughly fifteen-year-old Ghazi to govern Aleppo and its surroundings, newly taken from the Zengids; at the time his brothers al-Afdal and al-Aziz held Syria and Egypt respectively, and his uncle al-Adil also exercised guardianship influence over him.
  2. 1193–1216Aleppo · SyriaFrom March 1193 he ruled independently as emir of Aleppo, strengthening the citadel and city defenses and dealing with the Crusaders of Antioch and Armenian Cilicia. On his deathbed he designated his young son al-Aziz Muhammad (b. c. 1213) as successor; he himself died on 8 October 1216. Affairs of Aleppo in the 1220s belonged to his son and his regent and must not be attributed to Ghazi himself.

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