The Ayyubid Emirate of Mayafariqin Pages from the history of Islamic jihad against the Mongol invasion
Abstract
This Emirate which lies in Diar Baker which is part of the cities of the Furat Island was established during the reign of Saladdin Al Ayyubi in 581 A.H / 1185 A.D. It was ruled by princes from the Ayyubi dynasty and it played an important role in the political events of the Islamic East. Mianfarqeen was targeted by the Mongols while invaiding the Arabic East. King Al Muthaffar who was its ruler accepted being subjugated to Mongols in 645 A.H./ 1247 A.D. in an attempt to protect this Emirate. Few months later, the king died, and his son king Al Kamel who declared his revolution against Mongols in 656 A.H./ 1258 A.D. succeeded his father in ruling the Emirate. He called for the unity of Muslims and giving support to the Abbasid caliph Al Mutasim whose carital Baghdad had been sieged by the Mongol army. King Al Kamel as well as the people of Miafarqeen resisted the Mongols severly, inflecting them heavy loss. Terefore, the Mongols were distturbed and their progress towards syria was stopped for one year. They could only occupy it after a one year siege and fighting.