The Nāṣirī Generations 108: III. MALIK AIYUB, SON OF SHADI.

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This Malik Aiyub, son of Shadi, and his brother, Malik Asad-ud-Din, were two brothers, and sons of one of the Kurdish chieftains in the territory of Sham; and they passed a number of years in the service of Sultan Nur-ud-Din. They performed great deeds, and on the confines of Maghrab and of Sham, with numerous forces, they waged holy war, and fought engagements against unbelievers.
When Malik Aiyub, son of Shadi, departed this life, he left four sons behind him: first, Malik Salah-ud-Din, Yusuf; second, Malik ’Adil-i-Abu-Bikr; third, Shahanshah; and fourth, Saif-ul-Islam: and Malik Asad-ud-Din, son of Shadi, as before stated, was the brother of Malik Aiyub.
When the latter died, his sons were in the service of their uncle, Malik Asad-ud-Din; and the first person among them [sic in MSS.] who became sovereign of Misr was this same Asad-ud-Din; and the first one who acquired sovereignty in Sham was Salah-ud-Din, Yusuf, son of Aiyub, as will, please God, be hereafter recorded.