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Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia .
- Saladin: The Animated Series
Saladin (Arabic: صلاح الدين Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn) is an animated...
- Salah al-Din (Tv Series)
Salah Al-Din (Arabic: صلاح الدين الأيوبي) is a 2001...
- Third Crusade
Saladin's army still had numerical superiority, however, and...
- Battle of Hattin
The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the...
- Ismat ad-Din Khatun
ʿIṣmat ad-Dīn Khātūn (Arabic: عصمت الدين خاتون; died 1186),...
- Saladin (Disambiguation)
Saladin (An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, 1137–1193),...
- Battle of The Horns of Hama
Despite around 20,000 men being involved on both sides,...
- Battle of Montgisard
Late 15th century depiction of the battle from a copy of the...
- Saladin: The Animated Series
May 27, 2024 · Saladin, Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes. In wars against the Christian Crusaders, he achieved great success with the capture of Jerusalem in 1187, ending its nearly nine decades of occupation by the Franks.
Aug 30, 2018 · Saladin (1137-93) was the Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1174-1193) who shocked the western world by defeating an army of the Christian Crusader states at the Battle of Hattin and then capturing Jerusalem in 1187. Saladin all but destroyed the states of the Latin East in the Levant and successfully repelled the Third Crusade ...
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadhi (25 December 1138–1193), better known as Saladin, was a famous Kurdish Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria during the Crusades. [1] A Muslim of Kurdish origin, [2] [3] [4] Saladin led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.
Apr 2, 2012 · Learn about Saladin, the Muslim sultan of Egypt and Syria who defeated the Crusaders and captured Jerusalem in 1187. Explore his early life, campaigns, achievements, death and legacy in this article from HISTORY.com.
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria.
Saladin arrived in Egypt in 1163 and ruled it from 1171 until his death in 1193. Egypt was in a state of decay prior to Saladin's rise to power with the political and social situation in shambles. Saladin first arrived in Egypt alongside his uncle Shirkuh on a campaign launched by Nur al-Din.