Deaths on August 9

Najm ad-Din Ayyub

Died on August 9, 1173

Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician

al-Malik al-Afdal Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān (Arabic: الملك ألأفضل نجم الدين أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان Kurdish: Necmeddin Eyûbî) (died August 9, 1173) was a Kurdish soldier and politician from Dvin, and the father of Saladin. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Ayyubid dynasty.

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Events on 1173

9 Aug

Cathedral of Pisa
Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.