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Al-Adil I

1145 - 1218

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Al-Adil I (Arabic: العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Arabic: الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب,‎ "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and brother of Saladin, who founded both the Sultanate of Egypt, and the Ayyubid dynasty. He was known to the Crusaders as Saphadin (derived from his laqab or honorific title Sayf ad-Din, meaning "Sword of Faith"), a name by which he is still known in the Western world. A gifted and effective administrator and organizer, Al-Adil provided crucial military and civilian support for the great campaigns of Saladin (an early example of a great minister of war). He was also a capable general and strategist in his own right, and was instrumental in the transformation of the decayed Fatimid Caliphate of Cairo into the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Adil I is the 1,820th most popular politician (up from 1,903rd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Syria (up from 25th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Adil I ranks 1,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Aung San, Clovis II, Moïse Tshombe, Gerard de Ridefort, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and Kayqubad I. After him are Hibatullah Akhundzada, Al-Musta'sim, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Lyudmila Putina, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, and Nestor.

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Among people born in 1145, Al-Adil I ranks 2. Before him is Attar of Nishapur. After him are Ibn Jubayr, Sverre of Norway, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Najm al-Din Kubra, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Mikhail of Vladimir, and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad. Among people deceased in 1218, Al-Adil I ranks 2. Before him is Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Jayavarman VII, Kuchlug, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Odo III, Duke of Burgundy, Hugh I of Cyprus, Robert II, Count of Dreux, Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders, Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay, and Konstantin of Rostov.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Adil I ranks 20 out of 210. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301), John Climacus (579), Al-Nawawi (1233), Marwan II (688), Aemilius Papinianus (142), and Iamblichus (245). After him are Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Antiochus II Theos (-286), and Avidius Cassius (130).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Al-Adil I ranks 10. Before him are Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Philip the Arab (204), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Abd al-Rahman I (731), and Marwan II (688). After him are Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), Anisa Makhlouf (1930), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Zimri-Lim (-1800), and Michel Aflaq (1910).

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