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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 was generally a successful general, but he was defeated by Richard the Lion Heart(who was the King of England at the time) at the battle of Arsuf in 1191. He also suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Montgisard in 1177.
He first overthrew the Fatimid dynasty of Egypt, abandoning its Shiite religion in the process, and then conqured Syria.