Al-Kamil

Nasir ad-Din Muhammad
Al-Malik al-Kamil
Al-Kamil (right) meeting Frederick II
Sultan of Egypt
Reign1218 – 6 March 1238
PredecessorAl-Adil I
SuccessorAl-Adil II
Sultan of Damascus
Reign1238
PredecessorAs-Salih Ismail
SuccessorAl-Adil II
Born1177
Cairo, Ayyubid Sultanate
DiedMarch 6, 1238(1238-03-06) (aged 60–61)
Damascus, Ayyubid Sultanate
Consort
Issue
Names
al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Maʽali Muhammad
DynastyAyyubid
FatherAl-Adil I
ReligionSunni Islam

Al-Malik al-Kamil Nasir ad-Din Muhammad (Arabic: الملك الكامل ناصر الدين محمد; c. 1177 – 6 March 1238), titled Abu al-Maʽali (Arabic: أبي المعالي), was an Egyptian ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt. During his tenure as sultan, the Ayyubids defeated the Fifth Crusade. He was known to the Frankish crusaders as Meledin, a name by which he is referred to in some older western sources. As a result of the Sixth Crusade, he ceded West Jerusalem to the Christians and is known to have met with Saint Francis.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Eyyubi Ailesi Kadınları (in Turkish). pp. 329–342. Retrieved 5 January 2024. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter, John V. Tolan, OUP 2009 [ISBN missing] [page needed]