"Ayyūb governor of Damascus". Ayyūb, in full Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhī, (died 1173), father of Saladin, and a member of a family of Kurdish soldiers of fortune who in the 12th century took service under the Seljuq Turkish rulers in Iraq and Syria. Britannica. 6 Eylül 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 10 Eylül 2020.
"Ayyūb governor of Damascus". Ayyūb, in full Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhī, (died 1173), father of Saladin, and a member of a family of Kurdish soldiers of fortune who in the 12th century took service under the Seljuq Turkish rulers in Iraq and Syria. Britannica. 6 Eylül 2015 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 10 Eylül 2020.