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Saladin

Type Figure Region Egypt Time 1137–1193 Also known as Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub

Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, he unified Muslim forces in Egypt and Syria, recaptured Jerusalem in 1187, confronted Richard I during the Third Crus…

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  1. 1169–1187Egypt and Syria · EgyptRising from Egypt, he gradually took control of Syria and the Levant, recaptured Jerusalem after the Battle of Hattin in 1187, and established the framework for confronting the Crusader states.
  2. 1191–1192Acre · AcreAfter the fall of Acre in 1191 he clashed with Richard I at Arsuf and elsewhere, and in 1192 signed a peace treaty with the Crusaders that kept Jerusalem under Islamic control while allowing Christian pilgrimage.
  3. 1193Damascus · DamascusAfter the treaty he briefly returned to Damascus to handle state affairs and family succession arrangements, dying of a fever in 1193, after which Ayyubid territories were divided among his sons and brothers.

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