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Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani compiled a list of Saladin's sons along with their dates of birth, according to information provided by Saladin late in his reign. [149] Notable members of Saladin's progeny, as listed by Imad, include: al-Afḍal Nur ad-Din Ali, emir of Damascus (b. 1 Shawwal 565 AH (c. 25 June 1170) in Egypt)
He went to live in Mosul and later entered the service of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt during that time. When Saladin took control of Damascus, Saladin's vizier, al-Qadi al-Fadil, appointed him chancellor, and he also became al-Fadil's deputy. Although Saladin had been unsure of his talent because he was only a scribe, Imad al-Din soon became ...
Saladin Said; Personal information; Full name: Salah El Din Ahmed Said: Date of birth 29 October 1988 (age 36)Place of birth: Asosa, Ethiopia: Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Position(s)
In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba in al-Andalus (now in Spain) within the Almoravid Empire on Passover eve 1138 or 1135, [d] until his family was expelled for refusing to convert to Islam.
Louis Saladin, 17th-century French composer; Olivier Saladin (fl. from 1986), a French actor; Charles Saladin (1878–1942), French inventor of Saladin box; Paul Saladin Leonhardt (1877–1934), German chess master of Polish origins; Lorenz Saladin (1896–1936), Swiss mountain-climber, journalist, photographer and traveler
Nur ad-Din Muhammad was the Artuqid ruler of the Diyar Bakr, the northernmost region of Mesopotamia.In 1179 he received Saladin's protection against the Sultanate of Rum, with whom he had been feuding. [1]
Al-Muzaffar Taqi al-Din Umar (Arabic: المظفر تقي الدين عمر) (died 1191) was the Ayyubid prince of Hama from 1179 to 1191 and a general of Saladin. He was the son of Saladin's brother Nur ad-Din Shahanshah , [ 1 ] and brother of Farrukh Shah of Baalbek .
To supply water to the Citadel, Saladin built an 85-metre-deep (280 ft) [21] 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.