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Saladin (Salah ed Din Yusef ibn Eyub), "Honoring the Faith" (1138-93). Sultan of Egypt and Syria, born in Tekrit of Kurdish blood. In 1187 he attacked Jerusalem, winning a battle at Hittin, defeating the Christians. Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, the grand master of the Templars and Hospitalers, and many prisoners fell into Saladin's hands.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 662. (Saladin, painted by Gustave Dore, etched by G. Y. Turner)
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