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Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (Arabic: صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب‎; Kurdish: سه‌لاحه‌دین ئه‌یوبی Selahedînê Eyûbî) (1137/1138 – March 4 1193) better known in the Western world as Saladin was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. A Muslim of Kurdish origin Saladin led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.

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active years end year
1193-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1174-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1137-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Mesopotamia, Tikrit
death date
1193-03-04
death place
Damascus, Syria
LCCN Id
n/82/165288
parent
Najm ad-Din Ayyub
place of burial
Damascus, Umayyad Mosque
predecessor
Nur ad-Din atabeg of Aleppo
successor
Al-Aziz Uthman, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din
title
Sultan of Egypt and Syria

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