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Salah al-Din, Sultan · Liberator of Jerusalem

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RulerSultan · Liberator of Jerusalem

Salah al-Dinصلاح الدين الأيوبي

Cairo

The Kurdish sultan who united Egypt and Syria, won at Hattin and took back Jerusalem in 1187.

Vizier of Egypt from 1169, he ended Fatimid rule in 1171 and became sultan. In July 1187 he destroyed the Crusader army at Hattin and entered Jerusalem without a massacre. He held off Richard I, made a truce in 1192 and died in Damascus, leaving almost no wealth.

What grew out of it?

Muslims and Europeans alike remembered him as a model of chivalry.

The lesson

Strength and mercy can belong to the same man.

Who came before and after?

Al-Adil

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

AyyubidsCairo and FustatRichard IGuy of LusignanNur al-Din ZengiReynald of ChatillonAl-MustadiAl-AdidShirkuhIbn QudamahIbn JubayrAbd al-Latif al-BaghdadiJerusalemal-Masjid al-AqsaDamascusHattinAcre

Who lived at the same time?

Guy of LusignanYaqub al-MansurAl-MustadiRichard IAl-Nasir li-Din AllahNur al-Din ZengiAttar of NishapurIbn Qudamah

Source: history · Wikipedia

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