Ayyubid dynasty
al-Malik al-Afdal Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān ( 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.