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Ayyubid invasion of Nubia

The Ayyubid invasion of Nubia (غزو الأيوبيين للنوبية) was a December 1172 campaign by Turan Shah, Saladin's brother, against Christian Makuria, capturing the fortress of Ibrim.

Ayyubid iqta reform

The Ayyubid iqta reform (إصلاح الأقطار الأيوبي) was the reorganization of army pay and land-revenue assignments carried out by Saladin and his successors in Egypt and Syria from 1169.

Ayyubid navy

The Ayyubid navy (الأسطول الأيوبي) was the war fleet of the Ayyubid state, rebuilt in Egypt by Saladin after 1169 to raid Crusader shipping and defend Acre during the Third Crusade, lasting until 1250.

Ayyubid principality of Baalbek

The Ayyubid principality of Baalbek (إمارة بعلبك الأيوبية) was a hereditary appanage at Baalbek in the Beqaa valley, held by Ayyubid princes within Damascus's sphere from 1174.

Ayyubid principality of Kerak

The Ayyubid principality of Kerak (إمارة الكرك الأيوبية) was the Ayyubid lordship over Karak castle in southern Transjordan, from its capture by Saladin in 1188 until 1263.

Ayyubid principality of Yemen

The Ayyubid principality of Yemen (الدولة الأيوبية في اليمن) was the branch of the Ayyubid dynasty that ruled Yemen from 1173 until 1229, founded by Turanshah, brother of Saladin.

Ayyubid vassal principality of Hamah

The Ayyubid vassal principality of Hamah (إمارة حماة الأيوبية) was a hereditary Ayyubid emirate over the Syrian city of Hamah, granted by Saladin and lasting until the mid-fourteenth century.

Ayyubid war of succession (1238–1240)

The Ayyubid war of succession (1238–1240) was a civil war fought after Sultan al-Kamil's death, ending in 1240 when as-Salih Ayyub deposed his brother al-Adil II in Egypt.

Ayyubids

The Ayyubids, named for Ayyub ibn Shadhi, were a Kurdish dynasty founded by Saladin that ruled Egypt and Syria from 1171 until the Mamluk conquest of 1250.

Ayyubids of Aleppo

The Ayyubids of Aleppo (الأيوبيون في حلب) were the Ayyubid dynasty branch ruling Aleppo from Saladin's capture in 1183 to the Mongol conquest of 1260.

Ayyubids of Damascus

The Ayyubids of Damascus (أيوبيو دمشق) were the branch of Saladin's Ayyubid dynasty that ruled Damascus from 1193 until the Mongol occupation of Syria in 1260.

Ayyubids of Hama

The Ayyubids of Hama (أيوبيو حماة) were a branch of the Ayyubid dynasty that ruled the Syrian city of Hama from 1178, when Saladin gave it to his nephew Taqi al-Din Umar, until 1341.

Ayyubids of Homs

The Ayyubids of Homs (الأيوبيون في حمص) were a branch of the Ayyubid dynasty that ruled Homs, Syria, from 1178 until the Mamluk takeover in the 1260s.

Ayyubids of Mayyafariqin

The Ayyubids of Mayyafariqin (الأيوبيون في مايفرقين) were a branch of the Ayyubid dynasty that ruled Mayyafariqin in al-Jazira until the Mongols took the city in 1259–1260, killing its last ruler, al-Kamil Muhammad.

Ayyubids of Yemen

The Ayyubids of Yemen (الأيوبيون في اليمن) were a branch of the Ayyubid dynasty, founded by Saladin's brother Turanshah in 1173, whose six kings ruled Yemen until 1229.

AZ (rapper)

AZ, born Anthony Cruz in 1972 and known as AZ the Visualiza, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, famed for his lone guest verse on Nas's Illmatic.

AZ Alkmaar

AZ Alkmaar (AZ '67), Dutch Eredivisie club formed 1967 from Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek; two league titles (1981, 2009), five KNVB Cups, 1981 UEFA Cup final, AFAS Stadion, 2023 UEFA Youth League winners.

Az apostol

Az apostol ("The Apostle") is a narrative poem by the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, written in 1848, about Szilveszter, a revolutionary who dies misunderstood and alone.

AZ Chike

AZ Chike (Damaria Kayshawn Walker, born 1995), also styled AzChike, is a South Central Los Angeles rapper, AzCult founder, known for "Burn Rubber Again," features on Kendrick Lamar's "peekaboo," and the Warner album No Rest for the Wicked; distinct from Nigerian singer Chike.

Az̧ Z̧āhirah

Az Zahirah (Al Dhahirah, محافظة الظاهرة) is a governorate of northwestern Oman, a semi-desert plain with three wilayats, Ibri, Dhank, and Yanqul, the UNESCO Bat site, and a 2025 special economic zone.

Az Zāwīyah, Az Zawiyah

Az Zāwiyah (الزاوية), coastal city in northwestern Libya about 47 km west of Tripoli; population around 350,000; hosts Libya's largest operating oil refinery (120,000 bpd) and the University of Zawiya.

Az Zour North power plant

Az Zour North (شمال الزور) is a gas-fired combined cycle power and desalination plant on the Gulf coast of Kuwait, about 100 km south of Kuwait City.

Az Zour South power plant

Az Zour South power plant (محطة الزور الجنوبية) is a large steam power and seawater desalination station in Al Ahmadi governorate, Kuwait, with a steam capacity of about 2,240 MW.

Az-Vc

AZ-VC, formerly invisionAZ Fund, is a Phoenix, Arizona venture capital firm investing in Series A technology companies outside the coastal hubs, led by PayPal veteran Jack Selby.

Az-Zour North Phase 2 and 3

Az-Zour North Phase 2 and 3 is a power and desalination project in southern Kuwait combining a 2,700 MW gas plant with a large seawater desalination facility.

Az-Zuhūr

Az-Zuhūr (الزهور) names several Arabic places, chiefly a 266,381-person city in Port Said, Egypt; also neighborhoods in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and Iraq.

AZ31 magnesium alloy

AZ31 magnesium alloy is a wrought magnesium alloy containing about 3% aluminum and 1% zinc, the most widely used magnesium alloy for sheet and plate.

AZ91 magnesium alloy

AZ91 magnesium alloy is a cast magnesium alloy with about 9 percent aluminum and 1 percent zinc, the most widely used cast magnesium alloy in automotive lightweight design.

AZ91D magnesium alloy

AZ91D is a high-purity magnesium die casting alloy containing about 9% aluminum and 1% zinc by ASTM designation, popular for thin-walled automotive and electronics castings.

Aza (Mannean king)

Aza, also spelled Azâ, was king of Mannea, a kingdom south of Lake Urmia in western Iran, reigning from 719 to 716 BC before being killed in battle.