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Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Damascus

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40: 1194: 509: 420: 163: 339:, and various Ayyubid princelings based in Syria, against al-Kamil. However, Kayqubad died early in the summer of that year, and al-Ashraf himself died on 27 August, breaking up the alliance. Al-Ashraf was succeeded in Damascus by his younger brother, 214:. The Ayyubids had come to the city at the invitation of people of Ahlat after the last Sökmenli ruler was killed by Tuğrulshah, the ruler (melik) of Erzurum on behalf of the Sultanate of Rum and brother of Sultan Kayqubad I. By 1209 250:
with Georgia, thus ending the immediate Georgian threat to the Ayyubids. This brought the struggle for the Armenian lands to a stall, leaving the Lake Van region to the Ayyubids of Damascus.
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challenged Ayyubid rule in the Armenian highlands and led a liberation war for south Armenia. The Georgian army besieged Khlat. In response Ayyubid
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in the Transjordan region. A number of years later, al-Ashraf began to chafe under his brother's authority, and in 1237 allied himself with
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of Egypt. Instead, al-Ashraf and al-Kamil came to an agreement to divide their nephew's lands between them. Al-Ashraf
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and acknowledged his supremacy, while an-Nasir had to be satisfied with the possession of a principality centered on
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demonstrated support for Salah al-Din. Under the later Bahri Mamluks of Egypt and Syria it formed part of the
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accidentally fell into the hands of the al-Awhad on the outskirts of Ahlat. Using Ivane as a bargaining chip,
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Rumi - Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings, and Poetry of Jal l al-Din Rumi
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mint, dated 1215. Similar coins were also minted during Saladin's lifetime.
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assembled and personally led a large army that included the emirs of
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as well as contingents from other Ayyubid principalities to support
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For a similar coin at the British Museum minted in AH 586/1190 CE:
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For a similar coin at the British Museum minted in AH 586/1190 CE:
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as well in 1230. In return, he ceded his lands in Mesopotamia to
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From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193-1260
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minted under Al-Ashraf Musa in 1215-1216, with obverse legend:
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During his tenure, he minted some coins with the effigy of
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Coin copper coins of Al-Ashraf muzaffar al-din in Al-Jazira
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This biography of a member of an Asian royal house is a
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in June 1229 and took control of the city, serving as
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was taken over by the Ayyubids, who had long coveted
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Index

Emir of Damascus

An-Nasir Dawud
As-Salih Ismail
Dynasty
Ayyubid
Al-Adil I
Sunni Islam
Kurdish
Ayyubid dynasty

Saladin
dirham
Mayyafariqin
al-Adil I
Harran
Jezireh
Shah-Arman
Ahlat
Georgia
Sultan al-Adil I
Homs
Hama
Baalbek
al-Awhad
Ivane Mkhargrdzeli
al-Awhad
thirty year truce
Saladin
Mayyafariqin

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