Ayyubid forces

Target entity: Ayyubid forces
Context triple: [Siege of Jerusalem (1187), foughtBetween, Ayyubid forces]

• A. Mamluk forces
  Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.
• B. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• C. Artuqid forces
  The Artuqid forces were the Turkmen troops of the Artuqid dynasty, a powerful Muslim ruling house in Upper Mesopotamia and Anatolia that frequently fought against the Crusader states in the 11th and 12th centuries.
• D. Ghurid army
  The Ghurid army was the military force of the Ghurid dynasty, a medieval Islamic power from the region of Ghor in present-day Afghanistan that expanded into large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
• E. Marinid forces
  The Marinid forces were the military troops of the Marinid dynasty, a Berber Muslim power from North Africa that intervened in Iberian conflicts during the late Middle Ages.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Ayyubid forces
Target entity description: Ayyubid forces were the Muslim armies led by Saladin that expanded his dynasty’s control across the Levant and Egypt during the late 12th century.

• A. Mamluk forces
  Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.
• B. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• C. Artuqid forces
  The Artuqid forces were the Turkmen troops of the Artuqid dynasty, a powerful Muslim ruling house in Upper Mesopotamia and Anatolia that frequently fought against the Crusader states in the 11th and 12th centuries.
• D. Ghurid army
  The Ghurid army was the military force of the Ghurid dynasty, a medieval Islamic power from the region of Ghor in present-day Afghanistan that expanded into large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
• E. Marinid forces
  The Marinid forces were the military troops of the Marinid dynasty, a Berber Muslim power from North Africa that intervened in Iberian conflicts during the late Middle Ages.
• F. None of above. chosen