Asad al-Dīn Jughrīl ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Kāmilī ( ar, أسد الدين جغريل بن عبد الله الكاملي) was the
Ayyubid
The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni ...
Emir of Mecca
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremo ...
from 1235 to 1238.
In 1235 Sultan
al-Kamil sent Emir Jughril to capture Mecca from Sharif
Rajih ibn Qatadah
Rājiḥ ibn Qatādah ibn Idrīs al-Ḥasanī was Emir of Mecca under Rasulid suzerainty several times between 1232 and 1241, and briefly again in 1254. His mother belonged to the Banu Husayn of Medina.
Opposition to Hasan ibn Qatadah
When his yo ...
, an ally of Sultan
al-Mansur Umar Al-Malik al-Manṣūr Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ‘Umar ibn ‘Alī ibn Rasūl was the first Rasulid Sultan of Yemen, from 1228 to 1249.
Emir of Mecca
In the month of Rabi' al-awwal 619 AH (April/May 1222) al-Mas'ud Yusuf captured Mecca from H ...
of
Yemen. Jughril captured the city in Ramadan 632
AH (May/June 1235). According to al-Nuwayri his army numbered 700 horsemen, while according to some other historians he had 500 horsemen and four emirs: Wajh al-Sab', al-Bunduqi, Ibn Abi Dhikri, and Ibn Birtas.
In 633 AH (1235/1236) Jughril fought and defeated Rajih at al-Khariqayn, a place between Mecca and al-Sirrayn. He also captured the Yemeni Emir al-Shihab Ibn Abdan and sent him as a prisoner back to
Egypt.
On 7 Rajab 635 (c. 23 February 1238) Jughril and his men withdrew from Mecca to escape al-Mansur's army. In
Medina he received the news of al-Kamil's death. He returned to Egypt in mid-Sha'ban (March/April 1238).
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13th-century Ayyubid rulers
13th-century Egyptian people
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