The Role of Iranian Ulama in Sunni Consolidation in Ayyubids Egypt

The collapse of Fatimids and the Ayyubid's coming to power in 567 AH was the beginning of a process which transferred a lot of achievements of Islamic civilization from Iran into Egypt. In other word, the replacement of Ismaili Fatimid Caliphate with a sunni
sultanate loyal to Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad caused constructive relationships between the sunni Iran and the sunni Egypt. An important aspect of this relationship was the migration of some groups of Iranian 'ulama into Egypt who were there mainly involved in the recently changed system of education and the new sunni court of Ayyubids. This migration not only transferred a lot of achievements of Islamic civilization into Egypt, but also caused some political, intellectual and social evolutions there and introduced a new class of sunni elite in Egyptian society.