Al-Afdal Muhammad

Who is Al-Afdal Muhammad?

Al-Afdal Muhammad Arabic: الأفضل محمد‎ was the last Ayyubid governor of Hama in central Syria, reigning from 1332 to 1341. He was the son and successor of Abu'l-Fida and a descendant of Saladin's brother Nur ad-Din Shahanshah. After the Mamluk defeat of the Mongols in 1260 at the Battle of Ain Jalut, Hama was restored as a tributary emirate and a succession of Ayyubid rulers of Kurdish origin governed the city. However Al-Afdal incurred the displeasure of his Mamluk overlords and was deposed by them in 1341.