Ayyubid Egypt PODs

Without the expansion of the Mongols/the rise of their Mamaluk soldiery, how would the Ayyubid Sultanates of Egypt and Syria developed given more time? Looking at various TLs with surviving and flourishing Byzantine Empire's, I'm always interested in seeing what is done with Egypt...who could take over besides the Mamaluks if the Ayyubid state continues to decline?
 

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Without the expansion of the Mongols/the rise of their Mamaluk soldiery, how would the Ayyubid Sultanates of Egypt and Syria developed given more time? Looking at various TLs with surviving and flourishing Byzantine Empire's, I'm always interested in seeing what is done with Egypt...who could take over besides the Mamaluks if the Ayyubid state continues to decline?

That one is a hard question to ask. It seemed to me that the Ayyubids were a divisive lot, fighting amongst each other to claim all the territory of Saladin's legacy, which is partly my belief why all Ayyubid lands fell to the Mamluks. Even if tha Ayyubids prove themselves more powerful than the Mamluk usurpers, I can imagine someone having to take over. As to who I do not know (the Seljuks are a likely candidate, since the Moroccans (Almohads or Marinids) are too far away and the Algerians (Zayyanids) are too weak. And I don't know how capable the Hafsids are to displace the Ayyubids.
 
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