Al-Afdal ( ar, الأفضل, "most superior") is an
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
ic name which means "Most Superior". It may refer to:
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Al-Afdal Shahanshah
Al-Afdal Shahanshah ( ar, الأفضل شاهنشاه, al-Afḍal Shāhanshāh; la, Lavendalius/Elafdalio; 1066 – 11 December 1121), born Abu al-Qasim Shahanshah bin Badr al-Jamali was a vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt. According to a ...
(1066–1121), vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt
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Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din
Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din ( ar, الأفضل بن صلاح الدين, "most superior"; c. 1169 – 1225, generally known as Al-Afdal (), was one of seventeen sons of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and thus of Kurdish descent. He succeeded ...
(1186–1196), Muslim ruler and eldest son of Saladin who inherited Damascus
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Al-Afdal al-Abbas Al-Afdal al-Abbas ( ar, الأفضل العباس; r. 1363–1377) was a ruler of Yemen and a member of the Rasulid dynasty.
He was the son and successor of sultan al-Mujahid Ali. He produced a multilingual "dictionary" defining terms in Arabic, ...
(1363–1377), a ruler of Yemen
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