Saladin b. 1137 d. March 4, 1193 Religious Leader. Born Salahuddin Ayyubi in Mesopotamia of Kurdish heritage, he lived 10 years in Damascus, Syria at the court of Sultan Nur al-Din, where he took an interest in Sunni Islamic theology. After the death of Nur-Ad-Din, Saladin proclaimed himself Sultan of Egypt, marking the beginning of the Ayyubid dynasty. As his conquests continued, from Yemen to Africa to Palestine, he eventually had conflicts with the crusader states, like Kingdom of Jerusalem. At the Battle of Hattin against...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose) Tomb of Saladin, Damascus, Dimashq, Syria
b. 1137 d. March 4, 1193