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Saladin
(redirected from Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

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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]
n
(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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