Artuqids
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The Artuqid dynasty was established in 1102 as a Turkish principality of the Seljuk Empire. It formed a Turkoman dynasty rooted in the Oghuz Döger tribe, and followed the Sunni Muslim faith. It ruled
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City walls of Diyarbakır.
The "Sheikh" of Diyarbakır in Turkic dress, wearing the sharbūsh with tall cap. Picture from Maqamat 43 "Encounter at Al-Bakriya" . "Al-Bakriya" = Diyar Bakr, Painted in Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, ca. 1200–1210, probably Artukid (Maqamat al-Hariri, BNF Arabe 3929).
Malabadi Bridge was built by the Artuqids.
Ayyubid dynasty
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The Ayyubid dynasty, also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin that founded the medieval Sultanate of Egypt, which was established by Saladin in 1171, following
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…reign of Nur al-Din Zengi (r. 1146–1174), supporting the Zengids at the battle of Artah in 1164. Kara Aslan's son Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad allied with the Ayyubid sultan Saladin against Kilij Arslan II, Seljuk sultan of Rûm, whose daughter had married Nur ad-Din Muhammad. In the peace settlement with Kilij Arslan…
Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt (in pink) at the death of Saladin in 1193
A dirham in the name of Saladin, dated 587 AH (1190/91 CE). Saladin is shown wearing the Seljuk Turk sharbush hat, his rallying sign. Legend "The Victorious King, Righteousness of the World and the Faith, Yusuf ibn Ayyub".
Fatimid or Ayyubid dynasty battle scene, Fustat, Cairo, Egypt, 12–13th century.
Arabic trebuchet, with its counterweight, in the Tabṣira by Murḍi Ibn cālī Ibn Murḍi al-Ṭarsūsī written for Saladin, late Fāṭimid or early Ayyūbid Egypt, c.1170 CE (Ms. Hunt.264, f.117, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK). This is the only manuscript directly attributable to the Ayyubids, although early manuscripts such as the Kalīla wa-Dimna (BNF Arabe 3465) are also generally considered as Ayyubid.