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Saladin

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Sal·a·din  (sl-dn) 1137?-1193.
Sultan of Egypt and Syria who captured (1187) Jerusalem and defended it during the Third Crusade (1189-1192).
Saladin [ˈsælədɪn]
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(Biographies / Saladin (?1137-1193) M, Syrian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler, MILITARY: general) Arabic name Salah-ed-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub. ?1137-93, sultan of Egypt and Syria and opponent of the Crusaders. He defeated the Christians near Tiberias (1187) and captured Acre, Jerusalem, and Ashkelon. He fought against Richard I of England and Philip II of France during the Third Crusade (1189-92)
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Noun1.SaladinSaladin - sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub


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Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I can tell you about Richard Coeur-de-Lion and Saladin, and about William Wallace and Robert Bruce and James Douglas,--I know no end.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
It was the well-known consequence of this discord that Richard's repeated victories had been rendered fruitless, his romantic attempts to besiege Jerusalem disappointed, and the fruit of all the glory which he had acquired had dwindled into an uncertain truce with the Sultan Saladin.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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