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Saladin (An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, 1137–1193), was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Saladin, Salah el-Din, Salah ad-Din or variant spellings (Arabic: صلاح الدين) may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Salladin the Victorious'', or ''Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din'', a 1963 epic Egyptian film * '' Saladin: The Animated Series, a TV series * ''Statue of Saladin'', in Damascus, Syria * Saladin Chamcha, a protagonist in ''The Satanic Verses'' * Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith, full name of the fictional character Button-Bright People * Salah ad-Din (name), including a list of all people with variants of the name * William Stewart Ross (1844–1906), a Scottish writer and publisher, pseudonym Saladin Places * Salaheddine District, in Aleppo, Syria * Saladin Governorate, in Iraq * Citadel of Salah Ed-Din, northwest Syria Other uses * Alvis Saladin, an armoured car * ''Saladin'' (barque), a 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saladin
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سهلاحهدین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first 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, Ayyubid territorial control spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, the Maghreb, and Nubia. Alongside his uncle Shirkuh, a military general of the Zengid dynasty, Saladin was sent to Egypt under the Fatimid Caliphate in 1164, on the orders of Nur ad-Din. With their original purpose being to help restore Shawar as the to the teenage Fatimid caliph al-Adid, a power struggle ensued between Shirkuh and Shawar after the latter was reinstated. Saladin, meanwhile, climbed the ranks of the Fatimid government by virtue of his military successes against Crusader assault ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
