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Thenceforth Damascus was given to Saladin. Saladin took control of Biladu-Sham but Saif ud-Din wanted to take over Aleppo, so he sent his brother Izz ad-Din Mas'ud at the head of an army to fight Saladin: they met in an area near Hama called Kron Hama (Arabic: قرون حماه) where Saif ud-Din was defeated in the Battle of the Horns of Hama.
Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (Arabic: سيف الدين غازي, romanized: Sayf ad-Dīn Ghāzī, died 1149) was the Emir of Mosul from 1146 to 1149, who fought in the Second Crusade. He was the eldest son of Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul , and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din .
The siege began in December 1187; the place was defended by well-supplied, tough survivors from earlier sieges. [2] Saladin, who was preoccupied with the Siege of Tyre, sent his general, Saif al-Din Mahmud, to occupy a position near the castle, but the garrison intercepted two Muslim caravans, one laden with booty taken by Saladin.
Saladin agreed to a truce with Bohemond in return for Muslim prisoners being held by him and then he gave A'zaz to Alam ad-Din Suleiman and Aleppo to Saif ad-Din al-Yazkuj—the former was an emir of Aleppo who joined Saladin and the latter was a former mamluk of Shirkuh who helped rescue him from the assassination attempt at A'zaz.
Saladin again emerged victorious, but Saif al-Din managed to narrowly escape. The Ayyubids proceeded to conquer other Syrian cities in the north, namely Ma'arat al-Numan , A'zaz , Buza'a, and Manbij , but failed to capture Aleppo during a second siege.
Mohamed Salah al-Din al-Halim Zaidan (Arabic: محمد صلاح الدين الحليم زيدان; born April 11, 1960), commonly known by his nom de guerre Saif al-Adel (Arabic: سيف العدل, lit. 'sword of justice'), is a former Egyptian Army officer, explosives expert, and the de facto leader of al-Qaeda.
Al-Adil I (Arabic: العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Arabic: الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب, "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and brother of Saladin, who founded both the ...
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (died 1233), Islamic jurist; Saifuddin Aibak (died 1236), governor of Bengal; Saif ad-Dīn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr b. Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad, or just Al-Adil II (died 1248), Ayyubid sultan of Egypt; Saif ad-Din Qutuz (died 1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt; Saif ad-Dīn Qalawun aṣ-Ṣāliḥī (c. 1222–1290 ...