Polity · 1177 CE – 1300 CE
Ayyubid Sultanate
al-Ayyūbīyūn · ئەیووبیەکان · Dewleta Eyûbiyan
- Peak recorded area
- 2,034,760 km²
- 1192 CE
- Rulers on record
- 6
- from 1178 CE
- Data series
- 18
- 1200 CE–1200 CE
Overview
The Ayyubid dynasty, also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was a Sunni Muslim Kurdish dynasty that founded the medieval Sultanate of Egypt, which was established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate. Saladin had originally served the Zengid ruler Nur al-Din, leading the latter's army against the Crusaders in Fatimid Egypt, where he was made vizier.
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Territory
8 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1300 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 200Kpersons1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 6.97score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 9.3Mpersons1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 1.41score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.8333score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 7.5levels1175 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 1score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 6.2score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 1.6Msq km1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 5levels1175 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 4levels1175 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.8score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 5.83score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 1score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.9091score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 5.3score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 4score1200 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Rulers
6 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Al-Muzaffar UmarEmir of Hama1178 CE – 1191 CE
- Al Mansur MuhammadEmir of Hama1191 CE – 1219 CE
- Nasir Kilij-ArslanEmir of Hama1221 CE – 1229 CE
- Al-Muzaffar MahmudEmir of Hama1229 CE – 1244 CE
- Al-Mansur Muhammad IIEmir of Hama1244 CE – 1284 CE
- Al-Muzaffar Mahmud IIEmir of Hama1284 CE – 1300 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Kurdish
- Currency
- gold dinar, Islamic Dirham
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ayyubid Sultanate is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.