Following the murder in 1250 of Al-Muazzam Turanshah, the last Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, Damascus was seized by the Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo, An-Nasir Yusuf, leaving him in control of most of Syria until the arrival of the Mongols.
Damascus was seized by the Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo. This was following the murder in 1250 of Al-Muazzam Turanshah. Damascus was leaving him in control of most of Syria until the arrival of the Mongols. This was following the murder in 1250 of Al-Muazzam Turanshah. An-Nasir Yusuf was Aleppo. Muazzam Turanshah was the last Ayyubid sultan of Egypt.