**** (al-Malik al****-Muʿaẓẓam**** ʿĪsā****)**** (1176 – 1227****)**** was the Ayyubid Kurdish emir**** of**** Damascus**** from**** 1218**** to**** 1227****.**** The son of Sultan al-Adil I and nephew of Saladin, founder of the dynasty, al-Mu'azzam was installed by his father as governor of Damascus in 1198 or 1200. After his father's death in 1218, al-Mu'azzam ruled the Ayyubid lands in Syria in his own name, down to his own death in 1227. He was succeeded by his son, an-Nasir Dawud. He was respected as a man of letters, and was interested in grammar and jurisprudence. By 1204, Jerusalem was his primary residence.

Legacy

He ordered and contributed to the construction and restoration of many buildings inside the Ḥaram ash-Sharīf (the Noble Sanctuary), Jerusalem: He founded these madrasas: Furthermore, he modified the walls of Jerusalem and Damascus: