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    Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family...
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    The FV601 Saladin is a six-wheeled armoured car developed by Crossley Motors and later manufactured by Alvis. Designed in 1954, it replaced the AEC Armoured...
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    The Eagle of Saladin (Arabic: نسر صلاح الدين), known in Egypt as the Egyptian Eagle (Arabic: النسر المصري al-nisr al-missry), and the Republican Eagle...
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    established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin had originally served...
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    thriving crusader state and succeeded in protecting it from the Muslim ruler Saladin. Baldwin developed the first symptoms of leprosy as a child but was only...
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    compensation, Saladin invaded the kingdom and annihilated the crusader army in the Battle of Hattin. Raynald was captured on the battlefield. Saladin personally...
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    the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. For this reason, the Third Crusade is also known as the Kings'...
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    Battle of Hattin (category Battles of Saladin)
    the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape...
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    successes against the Crusaders, and for being the Atabegate from which Saladin originated. Following the demise of the Seljuk dynasty in 1194, the Zengids...
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  • Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187. In July 1187, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's army was defeated by Saladin at the Battle of Hattin; in October, Saladin captured...
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