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Turan-Shah ibn Ayyub
Turan-Shah ibn Ayyub, called Shams al-Dawla, was an elder brother of Saladin and a leading Ayyubid commander. In 1172–1173, after a Nubian attack on Aswan, he led an army south into Nubia and sacked Qasr Ibrim. He then conquered Yemen for the Ayyubids in 1174 and later governed Damascus and Alexandria, where he died in 1180.
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