An-Nasir Yusuf
| Salah ad-Din Yusuf | |
|---|---|
| Al-Malik an-Nasir | |
| Sultan of Damascus | |
| Reign | 1250 – 1260 |
| Predecessor | Al-Muazzam Turanshah |
| Successor | Sultanate abolished |
| Emir of Aleppo | |
| Reign | 26 November 1236 – 1260 |
| Predecessor | Al-Aziz Muhammad |
| Successor | Emirate abolished |
| Regent |
Dayfa Khatun (1236–1242) |
| Born | 1228 |
| Died | 1260 |
| Issue | Al-Aziz |
| Dynasty | Ayyubid |
| Father | Al-Aziz Muhammad |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
An-Nasir Yusuf (Arabic: الناصر يوسف; AD 1228–1260), fully al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn al-Aziz ibn al-Zahir ibn Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shazy (الملك الناصر صلاح الدين يوسف بن الظاهر بن العزيز بن صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب بن شاذى), was the Ayyubid Emir of Syria from his seat in Aleppo (1236–1260) and the Sultan of the Ayyubid Empire from 1250 until the sack of Aleppo by the Mongols in 1260.
An-Nasir Yusuf was the great-grandson of Saladin. He became the Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo when he was 7 years old after the death of his father Al-Aziz Muhammad. His grandmother Dayfa Khatun, daughter of Al-Adil I, was his regent until her death in 1242.
When the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt as-Salih Ayyub died and his son Turanshah was murdered by the Bahri Mamluks of Egypt, Shajar al-Durr (widow of as-Salih Ayyub ) seized the throne of Egypt (1250). An-Nasir Yusuf, being an Ayyubid, refused to recognize Shajar al-Durr as the Sultana of Egypt and, as a sign of support, the Emirs of Syria granted him the city of Damascus, in Syria.
Alarmed by these developments, the Mamluk leaders in Egypt decided to replace Shajar al Durr with the Atabek (commander in chief) Aybak. In October 1250 an-Nasir Yusuf sent forces to Gaza to conquer Egypt and overthrow Aybak, but Egyptian forces led by Faris ad-Din Aktai defeated them.
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