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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din has received more than 209,203 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din is the 4,446th most popular politician (up from 6,930th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Syria (up from 79th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 4,446 out of 19,576Before him are Rafael del Riego, Brahim Ghali, Sten Sture the Elder, Sancho I of Pamplona, Bernabò Visconti, and Kaja Kallas. After him are Bahadur Shah I, Soghomon Tehlirian, Bahram III, Walter Sans Avoir, Robert III of Scotland, and Marie Anne de Bourbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1170, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 10Before him are Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, Hermann von Salza, Constantine Laskaris, Muqali, and Isabella of Hainault. After him are Otto I, Count of Burgundy, Jayadeva, Jacques de Vitry, Abdallah al-Adil, Pierre de Castelnau, and Conrad II, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 1225, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 4Before him are Jebe, Al-Nasir, and Comtessa de Dia. After him are Arnaud Amalric, Ma Yuan, Hōjō Masako, Angelus of Jerusalem, Engelbert II of Berg, Jien, and Adolf III of Holstein.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 59 out of 210Before him are Tuman bay II (1474), Julia Maesa (165), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Farid al-Atrash (1910), Amin al-Hafiz (1921), and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526). After him are Hazael (-900), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), Sophronius of Jerusalem (560), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), and Duqaq (1100).

Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ranks 28Before him are Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), Tuman bay II (1474), Julia Maesa (165), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), and Amin al-Hafiz (1921). After him are Hazael (-900), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), Duqaq (1100), Zimri-Lim (-1800), and As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1163).