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 an Egyptian 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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