List of Ayyubid rulers


The Ayyubid dynasty ruled many parts of the Middle East and North Africa in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. The following is a list of Ayyubid rulers by county/province.

Sultans of Egypt

''See Rulers of Islamic Egypt.''

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.
PortraitEpithetNameSultan FromSultan UntilRelationship with PredecessorNotesTitle
100pxAl-Nasir Salah al-DinYusuf I11831193Married Mahmud III WidowSultan of Halab
100pxAl-ZahirGhazi11931216Son of Salah al-DinSultan of Halab
Al-AzizMuhammad12161236Son of Al-Zahir GhaziSultan of Halab
Al-NasirYusuf II12361260Son of Al-Aziz
  • Regency council from 1236 to 1242, de facto regency of Dayfa Khatun
  • Also sultan of Damascus
Sultan of Halab
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.
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 Al-Jazirah

See Upper Mesopotamia & Al-Jazirah.
Taken by Mongols in 1260.

Emirs of Yemen and Hejaz

See Yemen, Ayyubid Conquest.
Takeover by Rasulid dynasty of Yemen in 1229.

Emirs of Banyas

See Banyas.