Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · Egypt

Saladin

c. 1137–1193

Sultan of Egypt and Syria from 1174 to 1193, born Yusuf ibn Ayyub about 1137, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. He destroyed the crusader army at Hattin in 1187 and retook Jerusalem, ending nearly ninety years of crusader rule there. His chivalry toward his enemies made him famous in Europe as well as in Islam.

Facts

Born: About 1137, Tikrit.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saladin
Died: 1193, Damascus.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saladin
Reign: Sultan of Egypt and Syria 1174 to 1193.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saladin
Realm: The Ayyubid Sultanate, from Egypt to Syria.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saladin
Known for: Hattin (1187), the recapture of Jerusalem, and the Third Crusade.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saladin

Images

Saladin the Victorious, idealized portrait (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountryEgypt1953–

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