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...
117 KB (15,374 words) - 18:19, 20 December 2024
The Eagle of Saladin (Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين, romanized: Nasr Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn), known in Egypt as the Egyptian Eagle (Arabic: النسر المصري, romanized: an-Nasr...
10 KB (878 words) - 23:36, 22 December 2024
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...
8 KB (1,009 words) - 10:35, 6 October 2024
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...
29 KB (2,508 words) - 23:27, 12 December 2024
established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin had originally served...
130 KB (16,015 words) - 13:20, 19 December 2024
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'...
69 KB (8,829 words) - 03:47, 22 December 2024
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...
4 KB (318 words) - 06:55, 29 May 2024
Raynald of Châtillon (section Fights against Saladin)
compensation, Saladin invaded the kingdom and annihilated the crusader army in the Battle of Hattin. Raynald was captured on the battlefield. Saladin personally...
57 KB (7,270 words) - 05:22, 22 December 2024
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...
43 KB (5,561 words) - 11:15, 20 December 2024
The Saladin, Salah ad Din, or Salah Al-Din Governorate (Arabic: محافظة صلاح الدين, Muḥāfaẓat Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of...
9 KB (780 words) - 03:52, 22 October 2024
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...
24 KB (3,692 words) - 22:56, 17 December 2024
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...
22 KB (2,928 words) - 13:08, 8 December 2024
successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids...
84 KB (10,546 words) - 10:30, 22 October 2024
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...
36 KB (4,153 words) - 22:40, 21 December 2024
Cairo Citadel (redirect from Citadel of Saladin)
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...
53 KB (6,771 words) - 06:20, 18 December 2024
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...
21 KB (2,759 words) - 01:13, 25 December 2024
dictionary. 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...
2 KB (281 words) - 17:22, 30 October 2024
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...
3 KB (255 words) - 19:12, 30 May 2023
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...
3 KB (319 words) - 17:29, 13 December 2022
Battle of Jaffa (1192) (category Battles of Saladin)
the Crusades, as one of a series of campaigns between the army of Sultan Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) and the Crusader forces led by King Richard...
14 KB (1,737 words) - 14:28, 15 December 2024
Saladin K. Patterson is an American television writer and producer. Patterson grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, near South Boulevard, and attended Loveless...
3 KB (226 words) - 16:44, 26 November 2024
Saladin the Victorious (Arabic: الناصر صلاح الدين, Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din), also known as Saladin and the Great Crusades, is a 1963 Egyptian epic film...
11 KB (1,192 words) - 16:32, 3 November 2024
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...
37 KB (3,420 words) - 19:47, 10 December 2024
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...
19 KB (2,147 words) - 23:06, 17 November 2024
The Saladin Ayubi Brigade (Arabic: لواء صلاح الدين الأيوبي, Kurdish: Serhêza Selah Eldîn El Eyûbî) was a mainly-Syrian Kurdish armed rebel group that...
18 KB (1,568 words) - 02:55, 24 December 2024
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...
34 KB (4,412 words) - 19:34, 6 December 2024
Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi (category Cultural depictions of Saladin)
Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi (English: Saladin: The Conqueror of Jerusalem) is a Turkish television series produced by Turkey's Akli Films and Pakistan’s...
31 KB (2,106 words) - 22:18, 23 December 2024
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...
7 KB (395 words) - 05:15, 3 November 2024
The Statue of Saladin (Arabic: تمثال صلاح الدين الأيوبي) is an oversize equestrian bronze statue depicting the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin located in front...
3 KB (158 words) - 01:51, 24 October 2024
Crusades (section Nūr-ad-Din and the rise of Saladin)
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...
135 KB (17,508 words) - 19:43, 17 December 2024