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The Ayyubids from the perspective of Kurdish historians from their emergence to the establishment of their state.Sharafkhani Badlisi and Muhammad Amin Zaki, are models

Khalid Jamal Omer1 , Kamaran Aziz Abdullah2

1 History Department, Faculty of Education, Koya University, Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

2 History Department, Faculty of Education, Koya University, Koya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Published
August 28, 2025
Volume
12 (4), 127-142
License
CC BY 4.0
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Abstract

The content of this research includes, under the title (The Ayyubids from the perspective of Kurdish historians - from their appearance until the establishment of their state) as a critical analytical study - the dynasty of the Ayyubid House and the steps to establish their state - which includes two main sections, and each section contains three points. In the first section, the researcher is interested in studying the origins and regions of the Ayyubids and the opinions of Kurdish historians about their origins, who relied on the original primary sources and who concluded that their origins are from Kurdish nationality. Based on the two sources (Sharafnama) and (Summary of the History of the Kurds), which talk about the relationship between the Ayyubid emirate and the Zengid emirate, and the reasons for the migration of the Ayyubids towards Mosul, the birth and upbringing of Saladin Al-Ayyubi was discussed. The second section, which consists of three points, talks about the attacks of Shirku ibn Shadi on Egypt through the writings of the authors (Al-Badlisi and Amin Zaki), and talks about the Ayyubids assuming the tasks and positions of the Ministry of Caliphate by Saladin Al-Ayyubi - and the opinions of historians and researchers about the reasons for choosing Saladin The Ayyubid religion for this position, and then the research includes the fact that Saladin was the first personality in Egypt. In conclusion, the researcher reached the reasons for the imbalance in the relationship between Saladin and Nur al-Din al-Zengi through information written by Kurdish historians.

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The Ayyubids from the perspective of Kurdish historians from their emergence to the establishment of their state.Sharafkhani Badlisi and Muhammad Amin Zaki, are models

Khalid Jamal Omer, Kamaran Aziz Abdullah

The content of this research includes, under the title (The Ayyubids from the perspective of Kurdish historians - from their appearance until the establishment of their state) as a critical analytical study - the dynasty of the Ayyubid House and the steps to establish their state - which includes two main sections, and each section contains three points. In the first section, the researcher is interested in studying the origins and regions of the Ayyubids and the opinions of Kurdish historians about their origins, who relied on the original primary sources and who concluded that their origins are from Kurdish nationality. Based on the two sources (Sharafnama) and (Summary of the History of t...