Al-Mu'azzam Isa

Sharaf ad-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā (al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā) (1176 – 1227) was the Ayyubid Kurdish emir of Damascus from 1218 to 1227. The son of Sultan al-Adil I and nephew of Saladin, founder of the dynasty, al-Mu'azzam was installed by his father as governor of Damascus in 1198 or 1200. After his father's death in 1218, al-Mu'azzam ruled the Ayyubid lands in Syria in his own name, down to his own death in 1227. He was succeeded by his son, an-Nasir Dawud.

Al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā
Emir of Damascus
Reign1218–1227
PredecessorAl-Adil I
SuccessorAn-Nasir Dawud
Born1176
Cairo
Died12 November 1227(1227-11-12) (aged 50–51)
Damascus
DynastyAyyubid
ReligionSunni Islam

He was respected as a man of letters, and was interested in grammar and jurisprudence. By 1204, Jerusalem was his primary residence.

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