The relationship of the Ayyubids with the eastern Christian forces

Abstract

The Ayyubids were a dominant Kurdish family during the Abbasid era. They took control of the affairs of the Islamic world for a historical period, including the affairs of relations between the Islamic world and the Christian world. Meanwhile, they had relations with the Christian powers of the world and their neighbors, including relations with the Christian kingdoms of Georgia and Armenia. Many of the relations between the Ayyubids and the two kingdoms were often based on confrontation and conflict, although friendly relations prevailed at times, but soon the relations returned to conflict due to the influence of the forces surrounding them. The relations between the Ayyubids and the Byzantines were often cordial because both sides had a common enemy, the Crusaders, and the exchange of gifts and congratulations on each other's victories and religious respect among themselves were the distinguishing features of their relations, but sometimes the Byzantines were forced to take steps against the Ayyubids under Crusaders pressure.