Nasir ad-Din Muhammad | |||||
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Al-Malik al-Kamil | |||||
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Sultan of Egypt | |||||
Reign | 1218 – 6 March 1238 | ||||
Predecessor | Al-Adil I | ||||
Successor | Al-Adil II | ||||
Sultan of Damascus | |||||
Reign | 1238 | ||||
Predecessor | As-Salih Ismail | ||||
Successor | Al-Adil II | ||||
Born | c. 1177 Cairo, Ayyubid Sultanate | ||||
Died | 6 March 1238 (aged c. 61) Damascus, Ayyubid Damascus Sultanate | ||||
Consort | Wird al-Mana[1] Sitti Sawda[1] | ||||
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Dynasty | Ayyubid | ||||
Father | Al-Adil I | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Al-Kamil (Arabic: الكامل; full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad; c. 1177 – 6 March 1238) was a Kurdish Muslim 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 still 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]