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    Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family...
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    The FV601 Saladin is a six-wheeled armoured car developed by Crossley Motors and later manufactured by Alvis. Designed in 1954, it replaced the AEC Armoured...
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    The Eagle of Saladin (Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين), known in Egypt as the Egyptian Eagle (Arabic: النسر المصري al-nisr al-missry), and the Republican Eagle...
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    established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin had originally served...
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  • Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187. In July 1187, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's army was defeated by Saladin at the Battle of Hattin; in October, Saladin captured...
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    thriving crusader state and succeeded in protecting it from the Muslim ruler Saladin. Baldwin developed the first symptoms of leprosy as a child but was only...
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    compensation, Saladin invaded the kingdom and annihilated the crusader army in the Battle of Hattin. Raynald was captured on the battlefield. Saladin personally...
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    the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. For this reason, the Third Crusade is also known as the Kings'...
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    Battle of Hattin (category Battles of Saladin)
    the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape...
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    successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids...
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  • Look up Saladin or صلاح الدين in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saladin (An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, 1137–1193), was the first sultan of...
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    Siege of Jerusalem (1187) (category Battles of Saladin)
    October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin. Earlier that summer, Saladin had defeated the kingdom's army and conquered several cities...
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  • The Book of Saladin is an historical novel by Pakistani-born British writer Tariq Ali, first published in 1998. The second in Ali’s Islam Quintet, the...
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    city during the siege of Jerusalem in 1187, he surrendered Jerusalem to Saladin on 2 October 1187. Balian was the youngest son of Barisan of Ibelin, and...
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  • Saladin Brigade may refer to: Saladin Ayubi Brigade Descendants of Saladin Brigade This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saladin...
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    The Citadel of Cairo or Citadel of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic-era fortification in Cairo...
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  • Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Arabic: صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب), known as Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty...
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  • Saladin the Victorious, also known as Saladin and the Great Crusades (Arabic: الناصر صلاح الدين, Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din), is a 1963 Egyptian epic film...
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  • Saladin arrived in Egypt in 1163 and ruled it from 1171 until his death in 1193. Egypt was in a state of decay prior to Saladin's rise to power with the...
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    The Saladin, Salah ad Din or Salah Al-Din Governorate (Arabic: محافظة صلاح الدين) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of...
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    A Saladin box is an instrument used for malting barley. It consists of a large rectangular container about 50 meters in length, and a set of vertical...
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    In 1169, both Shawar and Shirkuh died, and al-Adid appointed Saladin as vizier. Saladin, with reinforcements from Nūr-ad-Din, defeated a massive Crusader-Byzantine...
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    Syrian actor and filmmaker. He is best known in the West for his role as Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven. Massoud is known in Syria...
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  • Saladin K. Patterson is an American television writer and producer. Patterson grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, near South Boulevard, and attended Loveless...
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    by his nephew Saladin. One last invasion of Egypt was launched by Amalric and Manuel, but it was disorganized and came to nothing. Saladin continued to...
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  • Saladin Ahmed (born October 4, 1975) is an American comic book writer and a science fiction/fantasy poetry and prose writer. His 2012 book Throne of the...
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    Siege of Acre (1189–1191) (category Battles of Saladin)
    Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, leader of the Muslims in Syria and Egypt. This pivotal siege formed part...
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  • expatriates in contemporary England. The two protagonists, Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha, are both actors of Indian Muslim background. Farishta is a Bollywood...
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    The Mausoleum of Saladin holds the resting place and grave of the medieval Muslim Ayyubid Sultan Saladin. It is adjacent to the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus...
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    Battle of Montgisard (category Battles of Saladin)
    severely afflicted by leprosy, led outnumbered Christian forces against Saladin's troops in what became one of the most notable engagements of the Crusades...
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