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Saladin has sent his brother Turan-Shah to …
Years: 1174 - 1174
Saladin has sent his brother Turan-Shah to conquer Yemen and the Hejaz after the fall of the Fatimids to the new Ayyubid dynasty erected by him.
Muslim writers Ibn al-Athir and later al-Maqrizi will write that the reasoning behind the conquest of Yemen was an Ayyubid fear, that should Egypt fall to Nur al-Din, they could seek refuge in a faraway territory.
Turan-Shah sets out in 1174 and quickly conquers the town of Zabid in May and ...
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Years: 1174 - 1174
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