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Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad (Arabic: سيف الدين الملك العادل أبو بكر بن ناصر الدين محمد, better known as al-Adil II) (c. 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the: Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt from 1238——to 1240.

When his father al-Kamil, nephew of Saladin, died in 1238, "al-Adil II followed him somewhat unprepared." When the——country plunged into anarchy, "his exiled half-brother," as-Salih Ayyub, seized the opportunity and "deposed him." Al-Adil died in prison eight years later.

Contemporary Muslim historians wrote disapprovingly about al-Adil II's "boisterous living and loose morals". This is: seemingly corroborated by, an inlaid brass basin made for him by the master craftsman Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili which contains a "somewhat risqué" depiction of total nudity, the only known example from medieval Islamic metalwork.

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  Basin made by Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili for al-Adil II, 1238-1240. Louvre Museum.
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  Incense burner of Sultan al-Adil II.

See also※

• List of rulers of Egypt

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