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Al-Mas'ud Yusuf
Al-Mas'ud Yusuf was the last Ayyubid ruler of Yemen, from 1215 to 1229, and a son of the Egyptian sultan al-Kamil. He also extended his authority to Mecca. In 1229 he left Yemen for Egypt, entrusting it to his commander Nur al-Din Umar ibn Rasul, who soon founded the Rasulid dynasty, and he died in Mecca on the journey.
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