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The…Dynasty founded by Salah al-Din Yusuf.
a) Fatimid            
b) Ayyubid          
c) Seljuk     
    

b

Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayubi ruled from 1171 to 1260.
a)
Eqypt, Yeman                

b) Syria-Palestine
c) northern Mesopotamia 

d) all of these          



d

Ayyub and Shirkuh migrated to Iraq in…..AD.
a) 1130 

b) 1140                 

c) 1150 

d)1160

a

Explanation:Ayyubid rise to power began with two Kurdish brother (Ayyub and Shirkuh) who migrated to Iraq in 1130 AD.



Who entered the service of Imad al-Din Zangi?
a) ayyub               

b) shirkuh             

c) both a and b    

c

……served Nur al-Din Mahmud as commander of expeditionary force in Egypt.
a) Malik shah                      

b) Shirkuh
c) ayyub                                               

d) Al-Mahdi

b

After death of Shirkuh in………AD power passed to his brother Ayyubs son.
a) 1169 

b) 1170                 

c) 1171 

d) 1172

a