Ayyubid emirs of Damascus

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was a Kurdish commander and political leader. He was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia.

Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and Syria, brother of Saladin

Sultan of Egypt (1205-1249)

Son of Saladin; Ayyubid Emir of Damascus 1193-1196

Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus 1218–1227

Ayyubid emir of Damascus 1229–1237

Ayyubid emir of Damascus 1237,1239–1245

Ayyubid ruler 1236-1260 (various)

'''Shams ad-Din Turanshah ibn Ayyub al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Shams ad-Dawla Fakhr ad-Din known simply as Turanshah''' () (died 27 June 1180) was the Ayyubid emir (prince) of Yemen (1174–1176), Damascus (1176–1179), Baalbek (1178–1179) and finally Alexandria where he died in 1180. He is noted for strengthening the position of his younger brother, Sultan Saladin, in Egypt and playing the leading role in the Ayyubid conquests of both Nubia and Arabia.

Ayyubid Emir of Damascus 1227–1229 and of Kerak 1229–1248