Al-Mu'azzam Isa
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Sharaf ad-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā (al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā) (1176 – 1227) was the Ayyubid Kurdish emir of Damascus from 1218 to 1227. The son of Sultan al-Adil I and nephew of Saladin, founder of the dynasty, al-Mu'azzam was installed by his father as governor of Damascus in 1198[1] or 1200.[2] After his father's death in 1218, al-Mu'azzam ruled the Ayyubid lands in Syria in his own name, down to his own death in 1227.[2] He was succeeded by his son, an-Nasir Dawud.
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Al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā | |
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Emir of Damascus | |
Reign | 1218–1227 |
Predecessor | Al-Adil I |
Successor | An-Nasir Dawud |
Born | 1176 Cairo |
Died | 12 November 1227(1227-11-12) (aged 50–51) Damascus |
Dynasty | Ayyubid |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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He was respected as a man of letters, and was interested in grammar and jurisprudence.[3] By 1204, Jerusalem was his primary residence.[1]