Salah Al-Din ( ar, صلاح الدين الأيوبي) is a 2001

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l Arabic television series directed by

Hatem Ali Hatem Ali ( ar, حاتم علي) (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian television and cinema director, writer and actor. Biography Ali was born in Fiq, Golan Heights, then his family was forced to move to Damascus after Israel occ ...

which deals with the political events in the sixth century AH in the region of the

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and

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, in the scene of the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were ...

. The series focuses on the biography of Salah ad-Din and highlights his courage and good creation and wisdom as he tells how he managed to unite the

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

and crush the crusaders in the battle of Hattin and restore

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

after being taken away by the Crusaders for almost a hundred years. The series presents the historical narrative from an Islamic point of view and distanced itself from the thorny areas between Sunnis and Shiites, as it refrains from addressing the Fatimid Ismaili Shiite orientation and the difference between it and the Zengid Sultanate of the Sunni

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, whether in faith or practice. The series consists of thirty episodes starting from the birth of the protagonist and continues to display events in chronological order with exposure to other threads complementary to the story and related to the historical period. The series conjuncts with the series Searching for Salah al-Din by

Najdat Anzour Najdat Ismail Anzour (; born November 26, 1954) is a Syrian television director of Circassian origins. Biography His father Ismail Anzour was the director of ''Taht sama'a Dimashq'' (translates to : ''Under Damascus Skies''), Syria's first s ...

on the impact of the Al-Aqsa restore, which began in autumn 2000.

Cast

* Jamal Suleiman:

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 ...

. * Suzan Najm Aldeen:

Ismat ad-Din Khatun ʿIṣmat ad-Dīn Khātūn ( ar, عصمت الدين خاتون; died 1186), also known as Asimat, was the daughter of Mu'in ad-Din Unur, regent of Damascus, and wife of two of the greatest Muslim generals of the 12th century, Nur ad-Din and ...

. * Bassem Yakhour :

Nur ad-Din Zangi Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd Zengī (; February 1118 – 15 May 1174), commonly known as Nur ad-Din (lit. "Light of the Faith" in Arabic), was a member of the Zengid dynasty, which ruled the Syrian province (''Shām'') of the Seljuk Empire. He reig ...

*Najah Safkouni:

Najm ad-Din Ayyub al-Malik al-Afdal Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb ibn Shādhi ibn Marwān ( ar, الملك ألأفضل نجم الدين أيوب بن شاذي بن مروان Kurdish: Necmeddin Eyûbî) (died August 9, 1173) was a Kurdish soldier and politician from Dvin ...

. *Wael Ramadan:

Raynald of Châtillon Raynald of Châtillon (french: Renaud; 11254 July 1187), also known as Reynald or Reginald, was a Crusader knight of French origin but also Prince of Antioch from 1153 to 1160 or 1161, and Lord of Oultrejordain from 1175 until his death. He w ...

. *Mohammed Miftah: Asad al-Din Shirkuh. *Arab characters: Bassel Khayat - Qais Sheikh Najib -

Taim Hasan Taim Hasan ( ar, تيم حسن) (born February 17, 1976) is a prominent Syrian actor, known for his distinct dramatic roles in Syria and the Arab world. Hasan achieved fame in Syria through a number of highly acclaimed and extremely successful Sy ...

- Mahmoud Khalili - Ahmed Mansour - Nasser Wardiani - Osama Sayed Yusuf - Ali Madarati - Fadi Sobeeh - Mohammed Khair Jarrah - Kifah Khoos - Nizar Abu Hajar - Ghassan Jbai *Rami Hanna :

Usama ibn Munqidh Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī (also Usamah, Ousama, etc.; ar, مجد الدّين اُسامة ابن مُرشد ابن على ابن مُنقذ الكنانى الكلبى) (4 July 1095 – 17 Nove ...

*Abdul Rahman Al-Rashi:

Imad ad-Din Zengi Imad al-Din Zengi ( ar, عماد الدین زنكي; – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkmen atabeg, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake of the Zengid dyna ...

. *Alaeddin Kokch :

Mu'in ad-Din Unur Mu'in ad-Din Unur al-Atabeki ( tr, Muiniddin Üner; died August 28, 1149) was a Seljuk Turkish ruler of Damascus in the mid-12th century. Origins Mu'in ad-Din was originally a Mamluk in the army of Toghtekin, the founder of the Burid Dynasty o ...

. * Hassan Awiti :

Shawar of Egypt Shawar ibn Mujir al-Sa'di ( ar, شاور بن مجير السعدي, Shāwar ibn Mujīr al-Saʿdī; died 18 January 1169) was an Arab ''de facto'' ruler of Fatimid Egypt, as its vizier, from December 1162 until his assassination in 1169 by the ge ...

. *Jalal Shamout :

Taqi al-Din Omar Al-Muzaffar Taqi al-Din Umar ( ar, المظفر تقي الدين عمر) (died 1191) was the Kurdish Ayyubid prince of Hama from 1179 to 1191 and a general of Saladin. He was the son of Saladin's brother Nur ad-Din Shahanshah, and brother of Farr ...

. ;From Sudan *Yasser Abdel Latif : Custodian of the Caliphate Jawhar. ;From Jordan *Nadera Imran : Saqaut Al Malik Jamrud. :Guests of honor *

Rafiq Subaie Rafiq Subaie ( ar, رفيق السبيعي‎; 9 February 1930 – 5 January 2017) was a Syrian actor, writer and director. He appeared in '' A Memory of a Night of Love'' (1973). Career Subaie was born in one of the oldest districts of old ...

: Sahab al Hadas Murad (Sheikh). *Rafik Ali Ahmed:

Rashid ad-Din Sinan Rashid al-Din Sinan ( ar, رشيد الدين سنان ''Rashīd ad-Dīn Sinān''; 1131/1135 – 1193) also known as the Old Man of the Mountain ( ar, شيخ الجبل ''Shaykh al-Jabal'', la, Vetulus de Montanis), was a ''da'i'' (missionary) a ...

* Ghassan Massoud: Judge Al-Fadil. *The characters Franjieh Faiq Erqsusi - Nidal Segher - Ramez Atallah - Mohammed Al Rashi - Hima Ismail -

Mustafa El Khani Mustafa El Khani ( ar, مصطفى الخاني) (born 1 January 1979 in Damascus) is a Syrian actor with Kurdish roots. El Khani graduated from the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus. He played leading roles in several TV series for ...

- Sulafa Memar - Radwan Jamous - Hossam Al Shah - Mufid Abu Hamda . *Salma Al Masri :

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. *Sala Faukharjy: Hadirna Qandisat Trabalas. *Maher Salibi :

Amalric of Jerusalem Amalric or Amaury I ( la, Amalricus; french: Amaury; 113611 July 1174) was King of Jerusalem from 1163, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. He was the second son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem, and succeeded his older brot ...

. *Samer Omran : Louis VII of France. *Saif al-Din Subaie :

King Baldwin III Baldwin III (1130 – 10 February 1163) was King of Jerusalem from 1143 to 1163. He was the eldest son of Melisende and Fulk of Jerusalem. He became king while still a child, and was at first overshadowed by his mother Melisende, whom he eventua ...

. *Mohamed El Tayeb : Conrad III of Germany ;From Lebanon * Urd Al-Khal:

Constance of Antioch Constance of Hauteville (1128–1163) was the ruling Princess of Antioch from 1130 to 1163. She was the only child of Bohemond II of Antioch by his wife, Alice of Jerusalem. Constance succeeded her father at the age of two, after he fell in batt ...

*Walid Al-Allaily - Aida Al-Nazer. :Guests of honor: *Khaled Taja :

Byzantine emperor Manuel I Manuel I Komnenos ( el, Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, translit=Manouíl Komnenos, translit-std=ISO; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos (; " born in the purple"), was a Byzantine empero ...

* Jihad Abdo : Raymond III the Prince of Tripoli . ;From Lebanon *Carmen Labs: Princess Agles Courtney. ;With new faces *Saad Lustan : Izz al-Din Gerdik. *Amer Ali : Baldwin De Abelin. *Nadia Hamza : Queen of France Eleanora. *Kenaz Salem : Palian de Abelin. * Aman Al-Arnad:

Salah al-Din 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: Ar ...

as a youth. *Ahmed Al-Ahmad : Humphrey I de Bohun. * Adnan Abdel Jalil : Egyptian Coptic. *Bassam Daoud :

Patriarch Heraclius Heraclius or Eraclius ( 1128 – 1190/91), was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Origin and early career Heraclius was from the Gévaudan in Auvergne (province), Auvergne, France. Like his later rival William of Tyre he stu ...

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Arabic-language television shows 2001 television films 2001 films 2001 Syrian television series debuts 2001 Syrian television series endings 2001 television specials Television series about Islam Cultural depictions of Saladin Television series about the Crusades

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