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noun - sultan of Syria and Egypt
Jerusalem and defended it during the Third Crusade (1189-1192).
SALADIN - An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: / ALA-LC: al ad-Dn Ysuf ibn Ayyb; Kurdish: / ALA-LC: Selahedînê Eyûbî), known as Salah ad-D...
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| This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali |
| The eagle, a symbol of this medieval Muslim sultan of Egypt, is on its flag & coat-of-arms |
| (Queen Rania of Jordan presents the clue.) Jordan's coat of arms bears an eagle, which is a symbol of this 12th century Muslim leader who fought Richard the Lionheart |
| Nazareth is also home to the domed shrine of Maqam Shihab El-Din, the nephew of this 12th C. Muslim leader |
| The eagle on Iraq's coat of arms is associated with this 12th century Muslim warrior |
| At the battle for jaffa in 1192, Richard the Lionheart's mount was killed, so this Muslim foe sent him 2 to replace it |
| Richard I negotiated a treaty with this Saracen, allowing Christian pilgrims to enter Jerusalem freely |
| This Muslim warrior captured Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187, triggering the Third Crusade |
| Medieval rabbi Moses Maimonides was court doctor to this Muslim warrior & sultan of Egypt |
| This Muslim Sultan was devoted to Jihad & recaptured Jerusalem in the 12th Century |
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An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: / ALA-LC: al ad-Dn Ysuf ibn Ayyb; Kurdish: / ALA-LC: Selahedînê Eyûbî), known as Salah ad-Din or Saladin (; 1137 4 March 1193), was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish ethnicity, Saladin led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, his sultanate included Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen and other parts of North Africa. * He was originally sent to Fatimid Egypt in 1164 accompanying his uncle Shirkuh, a general of the Zengid army, on orders of their lord Nur ad-Din, an atabeg of the Seljuks, to consolidate Shawar amid his ongoing power struggle for vizier to the teenage Fatimid caliph al-Adid. With Shawar reinstated as vizier, he engaged in a power struggle with Shirkuh, which saw the former realigning himself with Crusader king Amalric. Saladin climbed the ranks of the Fatimid government by virt |