Ayyubid conquest of Nubia | |||||||||
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Part of the Ayyubid-Nubian war | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Ayyubid Sultanate | Nubians | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Turan-Shah Abu al-Hayja al-Samin Ibrāhīm Al-kurdi Kanz Al-Dawla | Nubian king of Dongola | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Al-Mihraniyya Al-Salahiyya Banu Kanz | Fatimids' former black African contingents | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Ayyubid conquest of Nubia took place in 1173, between the Nubians of upper Egypt and the Kurdish forces of the Ayyubid commander, Turan-Shah.[1]