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[[Image:Saladin.jpg|right|thumb|Saladin]]
Saladin or Salah al-Din(arabic: صلاح الدين الأيوبي) was a [[Kurdish]] [[Muslim]] warrior who died March 4, 1193. He fought against the Christians in the [[Crusades]]. He was famous for defeating the Christian forces and retaking [[Jerusalem]]. Saladin defeated everyone that put an army against him, only being tested by [[Richard the Lion Heart]](who was the King of [[England]] at the time).
He first overthrew the [[Fatimid]] dynasty of Egypt, abandoning its [[Shiite]] religion in the process, and then conqured [[Syria]].
He first overthrew the [[Fatimid]] dynasty of Egypt, abandoning its [[Shiite]] religion in the process, and then conqured [[Syria]].
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