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Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub [a] (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, [b] was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant.
One of Saladin's most important supporters was the eunuch Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad who helped him depose the Fatimids, dispossess their properties, and construct the wall of Cairo's citadel. Following the death of al-Aziz Uthman, he became the regent of his son al-Mansur and effectively ruled over Egypt for a short time before the arrival of al ...
This challenge was increased because Saladin's overlord, Nur al-Din, knew little of his deceased emir's nephew, other than that he was from the famously ambitious Ayyubid family. Thus Saladin's time as vizier can best be judged as trying to repair the political and social situation is Egypt while under constant scrutiny from Nur al-Din, who ...
The importance of the defeat is demonstrated by the fact that in its aftermath, fifty-two [52] towns and fortifications were captured by Saladin's forces. [53] By mid-September, Saladin had taken Acre, Nablus, Jaffa, Toron, Sidon, Beirut, and Ascalon.
End of the Fatimid Caliphate in 1171, restoration of Abbasid authority in Egypt under Saladin. 34 2 March 1180 – 4 October 1225 al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh: Abu'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Al-Mustadi; Sayyida Zumurrud; Recovery of Jerusalem from the Crusaders (1187) by Saladin. Al-Nasir was the influential Caliph of the Later Abbasid era.
To supply water to the Citadel, Saladin built an 85-metre-deep (280 ft) [19] well known as the Well of Joseph (or Bir Yusuf), so-called because Saladin's birth name, Yūsif, is the Arabic equivalent of Joseph. His chief eunuch and confidant, Qaraqush, who oversaw construction of the Citadel, was also responsible for digging the well.
Saladin offered the vizierate to him, but he refused, and instead was granted Alexandria, Damietta, and al-Buhayrah as personal fiefs. The Fiefdom Najm ad-Din Ayyub held, was the most important commercial harbors in lower Egypt. Many of Saladin's other relatives also joined him in Egypt. [8]
Pages in category "Family of Saladin" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad ...