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an-Nasir Yusuf

Type Figure Region Syria Time 1216–1260 Also known as An-Nasir Yusuf、Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf、纳西尔·优素福

an-Nasir Yusuf (1216–1260) was the last Ayyubid sultan of Syria, ruling Aleppo from 1236;…

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  1. 1251–1256Damascus · DamascusIn the 1250s an-Nasir Yusuf based himself in Aleppo and controlled most of Syria, jousting with the Egyptian Mamluk regime and local powers while trying to preserve the Ayyubids' last independence in the Levant.
  2. 1257–1260Aleppo · AleppoAfter Hulegu sacked Baghdad, an-Nasir Yusuf first paid tribute to the Mongols and then sought aid in vain. When the Mongol army advanced on Syria in 1260, he abandoned Aleppo and fled south, only to be captured and executed soon after, whereupon the Syrian Ayyubid state collapsed.

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