Al-Malik al-Mansur ‘Izz al-Din Farkhshah ibn Shahanshah al-Ayyubi and His Role in the Ayyubid State (565 –578 AH / 1169 - 1182 AD)

Abstract

This study examines an important figure in the Ayyubid state, al-Malik al-Mansur ‘Izz al-Din Farrakshah ibn Shahanshah al-Ayyubi by studying his biography and the role he played in confronting the Crusaders and liberating the Islamic lands from them, along with his uncle Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, and in protecting the Ayyubid state and preserving its unity and by highlighting his interest in culture and his patronage of science and scholars, as well as his role in administration and building.