Saladin’s eldest son, al-Afdal, managed the lands around Damascus; his second son, al-Aziz Uthman, held sway in Egypt; and his third son, Az-Zahir Ghazi, controlled Aleppo and northern Syria. The sultan’s brother al-Adil was based at Kerak in the Transjordan. On Saladin’s death this diffusion of power created a tussle for overall supremacy that would rumble on for many years to come.
