| 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 | |||||||||
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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]
- ^ Lēv, Yaacov (1999). Saladin in Egypt. BRILL. p. 100. ISBN 978-90-04-11221-6.