Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, commonly known as Saladin, was a Kurdish commander and political leader. He was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia.
- Occupation
- military personnel, governor, Amir, sultan
- Position held
- Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate, Sultan of Egypt, Sultan of Damascus, emir of Aleppo
- Born
- 1138
- Died
- March 4, 1193
