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Ayyubid dynasty: References & Edit History

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major reference
- In Egypt: The Ayyūbid dynasty (1171–1250)
contribution to Islamic art
- In Islamic arts: Architecture in Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia
establishment by Saladin
- In Saladin
forms of taxation
- In iqṭāʿ
overthrow by Baybars I
- In Baybars I
rule of al-Kāmil al-Malik
- In al-Malik al-Kāmil
services of Ibn Abī ʿAṣrūn
- In Ibn Abī ʿAṣrūn

role in history of

Anatolia
- In Anatolia: Seljuq expansion
Arabia
- In history of Arabia: The Ayyūbids and Rasūlids
Damascus
- In Damascus: Islamic city
Syria
- In Islamic world: Effect of the Crusades in Syria
- In Syria: The Ayyūbids and Mamlūks

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Why did the Ayyubid Empire Collapse?	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Aaubids.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 27, 2023
	Changed title and spelling of “Ayyūbid dynasty” to “Ayyubid dynasty.”	Adam Zeidan	Oct 21, 2021
	Changed “Shīʿite” to “Shiʿi.”	Adam Zeidan	Sep 22, 2020
	Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Art of the Ayyubid Period.	Grace Young	Mar 30, 2009
	Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Ayyubid Dynasty.	Grace Young	Mar 30, 2009
	Added new Web site: Tour Egypt - Ayyubid Period.	Grace Young	Mar 30, 2009
	Added new Web site: Kidipede History for Kids - Ayyubid Dynasty.	Grace Young	Mar 30, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	Laura Etheredge	Apr 01, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998