Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad (Arabic: سيف الدين الملك العادل أبو بكر بن ناصر الدين محمد, better known as al-Adil II) (c. 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt from 1238 to 1240.
| Sayf ad-Din Abu Bakr II | |||||
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| Al-Malik al-Adil | |||||
| Sultan of Egypt | |||||
| Reign | 6 March 1238 – 1240 | ||||
| Predecessor | Al-Kamil | ||||
| Successor | As-Salih Ayyub | ||||
| Emir of Damascus | |||||
| Reign | 6 March 1238 – 1239 | ||||
| Predecessor | Al-Kamil | ||||
| Successor | As-Salih Ayyub | ||||
| Born | c. 1221 | ||||
| Died | 9 February 1248 (aged c. 27) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ayyubid | ||||
| Father | Al-Kamil | ||||
| Mother | Sitti Sawda | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
When his father al-Kamil, nephew of Saladin, 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".[1]: 308 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.[1]: 308
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Incense burner of Sultan al-Adil II.
![Basin made by Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili for al-Adil II, 1238-1240. Louvre Museum.[2]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Basin_of_al-Adil_II_Louvre_OA5991.jpg/240px-Basin_of_al-Adil_II_Louvre_OA5991.jpg)
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edit- ^ a b Rice, D.S. (1957). "Inlaid Brasses from the Workshop of Aḥmad al-Dhakī al-Mawṣilī". Ars Orientalis. 2: 283–326. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ al-Mawsili, Ahmad ibn 'Umar al-Dhaki (1238). "Bassin au nom du sultan al-'Adil II Abu Bakr". Louvre Museum.
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