Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad (, better known as al-Adil II) ( 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the

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from 1238 to 1240. When his father

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, nephew of

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, died in 1238, al-Adil II followed him somewhat unprepared. When the country plunged into anarchy, his exiled half-brother, as-Salih Ayyub, seized the opportunity and deposed him. Al-Adil died in prison eight years later. Contemporary Muslim historians wrote disapprovingly about al-Adil II's "boisterous living and loose morals". This is seemingly corroborated by an inlaid brass basin made for him by the master craftsman Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili which contains a "somewhat risqué" depiction of total nudity, the only known example from medieval Islamic metalwork. File:Basin of al-Adil II Louvre OA5991.jpg, Basin made by Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili for al-Adil II, 1238-1240.

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. File:Incense Burner of Sultan al-Adil II.jpg, Incense burner of Sultan al-Adil II.

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1220s births 1248 deaths Muslims of the Crusades Ayyubid sultans of Egypt Year of birth unknown 13th-century Ayyubid sultans of Egypt 13th-century Kurdish people {{Egypt-bio-stub

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