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'''Saladin''' or '''Salah al-Din''' ([[Arabic]]: صلاح الدين الأيوبي) was a [[Kurdish]] [[Muslim]] Sultan ([[Tikrit]], 1138-1193).  He is best known for successfull battles against the European Christian Crusaders in the [[Crusades|Third Crusade]], and for recapturing [[Jerusalem]]. About half of his career as a ruler was spent subduing and conquering other Muslim rulers and building [[Egypt]] into a regional power.  Rulers in North Africa as well as the Abbasid caliph were more than a little concerned about Saladin's rise.

'''Saladin''' or '''Salah al-Din''' ([[Arabic]]: صلاح الدين الأيوبي) was a [[Kurdish]] [[Muslim]] Sultan ([[Tikrit]], 1138-1193).  He is best known for successful battles against the European Christian Crusaders in the [[Crusades|Third Crusade]], and for recapturing [[Jerusalem]]. About half of his career as a ruler was spent subduing and conquering other Muslim rulers and building [[Egypt]] into a regional power.  Rulers in North Africa as well as the Abbasid caliph were more than a little concerned about Saladin's rise.

Saladin was generally a successful general, but he was defeated by [[Richard I]] (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 against King [[Baldwin IV]] of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. [[File:Hattin.jpg|thumb|290px]]

Saladin was generally a successful general, but he was defeated by [[Richard I]] (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 against King [[Baldwin IV]] of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. [[File:Hattin.jpg|thumb|290px]]