Associations to the word «Saladin»

Wiktionary

SALADIN, proper noun. (history) first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant

Dictionary definition

SALADIN, noun. Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193).

Wise words

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