adlil

Updated: May 11, 2025

At last his brother Adlil, gaining the ascendency, achieved a splendid reign not only at home, but also in the East, from Georgia to Aden. He died of grief at the taking of Damietta by the crusaders, and his grandson Eyyub succeeded to the throne. It was now that the Charizmian hordes fell upon Syria, and, with horrible atrocities, sacked the holy city.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 : (From Barbarossa to Dante)