Al-Aziz Uthman

Abd al -Malik al - Aziz Uthman (Arabic أبو الفتح الملك العزيز عماد الدين عثمان بن صلاح الدين يوسف, DMG Abū al - Fatih al - malik al - ʿ Azeez ʿ Imad ad - dīn ʿ Uthman b. Salah ad - dīn Yusuf * 1171 in Cairo, † November 29, 1198 ) was the second Sultan of the Ayyubids in Egypt ( 1193-1198 ) and a younger son of Saladin. To distinguish from the Fatimid Caliph al - Aziz (* 955, † 996 ), he is often referred to briefly with al -Malik.

Al -Malik joined in 1193 the successor of Saladin ( 1171-1193 ) as the Sultan of Egypt and leader of the Ayyubids. However, Saladin had transferred to his son al - Afdal, northern Syria to his son az- Zahir and Northern Mesopotamia to his brother al - Adil before his death Syria, Palestine and Yemen. This division of the empire soon led to the outbreak of infighting. During that Saladin's brother al - managed Adil, who had allied himself with az- Zahir, al - Afdal in 1196 to overthrow and Syria and Palestine to acquire.

When al -Malik died in late 1198, was succeeded by his underage son Al- Mansur Muhammad. The ministers of the late Sultan al - Afdal then brought from exile and made him regent for his nephew. Several other Ayyubid princes supported this approach to create a counterweight to al - Adil. Your unity against al- Adil remained but half-heartedly, so that this indent in 1200 in Egypt, raise himself to the Sultan and his Ayyubid relatives could force under his suzerainty.