Al-Kamil

Nasir ad-Din Muhammad
Al-Malik al-Kamil
Frederick II (left) meets al-Kamil (right)
Sultan of Egypt
Reign1218 – 6 March 1238
PredecessorAl-Adil I
SuccessorAl-Adil II
Sultan of Damascus
Reign1238
PredecessorAs-Salih Ismail
SuccessorAl-Adil II
Bornc. 1177
Cairo, Ayyubid Sultanate
Died6 March 1238 (aged c. 61)
Damascus, Ayyubid Damascus Sultanate
ConsortWird al-Mana[1]
Sitti Sawda[1]
Issue
Names
al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad
DynastyAyyubid
FatherAl-Adil I
ReligionSunni Islam

Al-Kamil (Arabic: الكامل; full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad; c. 1177 – 6 March 1238) was a Kurdish Muslim ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt. During his tenure as sultan, the Ayyubids defeated the Fifth Crusade. He was known to the Frankish crusaders as Meledin, a name by which he is still referred to in some older western sources. As a result of the Sixth Crusade, he ceded West Jerusalem to the Christians and is known to have met with Saint Francis.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Eyyubi Ailesi Kadınları". kaynakca.hacettepe.edu.tr (in Turkish). p. 329–342. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  2. ^ Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter, John V. Tolan, OUP 2009 [ISBN missing] [page needed]

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