Editing Al-Adil I (section)

{{Short description|Ayyubid sultan of Egypt (r. 1200–1218)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Sayf ad-Din Abu Bakr
| title        = Al-Malik al-Adil<br>Saphadin (Sword of Faith)<br>{{noitalic|[[Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques]]}}
| image        = Ayyubid al Adil 1201 Damascus.jpg
| caption      = A Coin Issued in [[Damascus]] in the Name of Sultan Al-Adil in 1201
| coronation   = 
| succession   = [[Sultan of Egypt]]
| reign        = 1200 – August 1218
| predecessor  = [[Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad]]
| successor    = [[Al-Kamil]]
| succession1  = [[List of rulers of Damascus|Emir of Damascus]]
| reign1       = 1196 – August 1218
| predecessor1 = [[Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din]]
| successor1   = [[Al-Mu'azzam Isa|al-Mu'azzam]]
| full name    = Al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub
| dynasty      = [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]]
| father       = [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]]
| issue        = [[Malik Al-Kamil]]<br />[[Dayfa Khatun]]<br />[[Al-Mu'azzam Isa]]<br />[[Al-Awhad Ayyub]]<br />[[Al-Muzaffar Ghazi]]<br />[[Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Damascus|Al-Ashraf Musa]]<br />[[As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus|As-Salih Ismail]]<ref name="kaynakca">{{cite web | title=Eyyubi Ailesi Kadınları | website=kaynakca.hacettepe.edu.tr | url=http://kaynakca.hacettepe.edu.tr/eser/1816551/eyyubi-ailesi-kadinlari | language=tr | access-date=2024-01-05 | pages = 320–342}}</ref>
| birth_date   = June 1145
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1218|8|31|1145|6|df=y}}
| death_place  = 
| place of burial = 
| religion     = [[Islam]]
| spouse       = 
}}
'''Al-Adil I''' ({{langx|ar|العادل}}, in full '''al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub''', {{langx|ar|الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب}},&lrm; "Ahmed, son of [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]], father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth [[Sultan of Egypt|Sultan of Egypt and Syria]], and brother of [[Saladin]], who founded both the Sultanate of Egypt, and the [[Ayyubid]] dynasty. He was known to the Crusaders as '''Saphadin''' (derived from his [[Arabic name|''laqab'']] or honorific title Sayf ad-Din, meaning "Sword of Faith"), a name by which he is still known in the [[Western world]]. A gifted and effective administrator and organizer,<ref>From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193–1260 by R. Stephen Humphreys, SUNY Press 1977, p. 155</ref> Al-Adil provided crucial military and civilian support for the great campaigns of Saladin (an early example of a great minister of war). He was also a capable general and strategist in his own right, and was instrumental in the transformation of the decayed [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid Caliphate of Cairo]] into the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.