Ruler · 1205 – 1249

As-Salih Ayyub

Lived 1205 – 1249; ruler, politician. Sultan of Egypt of Ayyubid dynasty, 1240 – 1249; also in the line of Mamluk Sultanate.

Wikidata's English label: As-Salih Najm al-din Ayyub.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1205 – 1249; 44 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Sultan of Egypt

Ayyubid dynasty · the 7th of 31 dated reigns · 1169 – 1347

3 before

Al-Adil I1200 – 1217

Al-Kamil1218 – 1238

Al-Adil II1238 – 1240

As-Salih Ayyub1240 – 1249

Al-Muazzam Turanshah1249 – 1250

Aybak1250

Shajar al-Durr1250

21 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1240 – 1249 · 9 years · came to it aged 35

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; tuberculosis

Also in the line of Mamluk Sultanate (1st of 45).

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