253:. He was handed the principality of Hama four years after helping Saladin conquer it in 1175. His ascendancy ushered in an era of prosperity for Hama that lasted until the end of Ayyubid rule in 1341. During al-Muzaffar Umar's reign, the city was walled, and palaces, markets,
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139:Al-Muzaffar Taqi al-Din Umar
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1028:12th-century Kurdish people
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992:Saʿd al-Din al-Humaidi
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1038:Ayyubid emirs of Hama
842:al-Mansur II Muhammad
837:al-Muzaffar II Mahmud
832:al-Nasir Kilij Arslan
206:Nur ad-Din Shahanshah
164:Nur ad-Din Shahanshah
1023:12th-century Muslims
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787:Muhammad ibn Shirkuh
721:al-Muazzam Turanshah
648:al-Muazzam Turanshah
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190:المظفر تقي الدين عمر
82:Al-Mansur I Muhammad
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739:(1177–1260)
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606:(1171–1250)
301:Transjordan
239:Mesopotamia
174:Sunni Islam
108:Mesopotamia
68:Predecessor
44:(1181–1185)
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972:Bahramshah
962:Turan-Shah
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868:Diyar Bakr
792:al-Mujahid
638:al-Adil II
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59:Coronation
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691:al-Adil I
628:al-Adil I
404:in 1341.
394:Manzikert
220:Biography
78:Successor
53:1179–1191
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686:al-Afdal
672:Damascus
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