List of Ayyubid rulers


The Ayyubid dynasty ruled many parts of the Middle East and North Africa in the 12th and 13th centuries. The following is a list of Ayyubid rulers by county/province.

Sultans of Egypt

See Rulers of Islamic Egypt.
Displaced in Egypt by the Mamluk sultanate, ruled briefly by Shajar al-Durr, widow of as-Salih Ayyub, and then Aybak, 1254.

Sultans and Emirs of Damascus

See Rulers of Damascus.
Takeover by Mongols, and then Mamluks following the battle of Ain Jalut, 1260.

Emirs of Aleppo

See Rulers of Aleppo.
Takeover by Mongols, and then Mamluks following the battle of Ain Jalut, 1260.

Emirs of Baalbek

See Baalbek, Middle Ages.
Takeover by Mongols, and then Mamluks following the battle of Ain Jalut, 1260.

Emirs of Hama

See Hama, Muslim Rule.
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Formal takeover by Mamluk sultanate in 1341.

Emirs of Homs

See Homs, Seljuk, Ayyubid and Mamluk Rule.
Directly ruled by Mamluks under Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Bashqirdi, assigned by Baibars, sultan of Egypt and Syria, from 1263.

Emirs of Hisn Kaifa

See Hisn Kaifa, Ayyubid and Mongols.
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Takeover by the Ottoman empire in 1524.

Emirs of al-Karak

Also referred to as governors of Transjordan. See al-Karak, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods.
Taken by Mamluks under Baibars, sultan of Egypt and Syria, in 1263.

Emirs of Diyar Bakr

See Diyar Bakr.
Taken by Mongols in 1260.

Emirs of Yemen and Hejaz

See Yemen, Ayyubid Conquest.
Takeover by Rasulid dynasty of Yemen in 1129.