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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din

1170 - 1225

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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (Arabic: الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (الأفضل), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded his father as the second Ayyubid emir of Damascus. His career as a ruler was chequered and punctuated by repeated armed conflict with other prominent members of his family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din is the 3,812th most popular politician (up from 4,446th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Syria (down from 59th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 3,812 out of 19,576. Before him are Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Carles Puigdemont, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, James II of Majorca, and Hans Lammers. After him are Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Bagrat III of Georgia, Conrad I of Burgundy, Emperor Kaika, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Oleg Penkovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 9. Before him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, Isabella of Hainault, Constantine Laskaris, and Hermann von Salza. After him are Muqali, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Jayadeva, Pierre de Castelnau, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, and Abdallah al-Adil. Among people deceased in 1225, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 2. Before him is Jebe. After him are Al-Nasir, Comtessa de Dia, Arnaud Amalric, Hōjō Masako, Angelus of Jerusalem, Ma Yuan, Jien, Engelbert II of Berg, and Adolf III of Holstein.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 62 out of 210. Before him are Maron (301), Moustapha Akkad (1930), Al-Qa'im (893), Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912), and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64). After him are Tutush I (1066), Andrew of Crete (660), Salah Jadid (1926), Shukri al-Quwatli (1891), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), and Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 32. Before him are Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Al-Qa'im (893), and Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912). After him are Tutush I (1066), Salah Jadid (1926), Shukri al-Quwatli (1891), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080), and Julia Maesa (165).

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