Saladin
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Saladin was the 12th-century Muslim sultan and military leader who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and is best known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Najm ad-Din Ayyub | 1 |
| Saladin is Muslim | 1 |
| Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub | 1 |
| Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim ruler
ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ sultan ⓘ |
| alliance |
Zengid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Zengid dynasty (earlier in career)
|
| birthPlace |
Tikrit
ⓘ
Tikrit ⓘ
surface form:
Tikrit, Iraq
|
| birthYear |
1137
ⓘ
1138 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Great Mosque of Damascus
ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
|
| capitalCity |
Cairo
ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ |
| conflict |
Crusades
ⓘ
Third Crusade ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Damascus
ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
surface form:
Damascus, Syria
|
| deathYear | 1193 ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kurdish ⓘ |
| father |
Saladin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Najm ad-Din Ayyub
|
| fullName |
Saladin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb
|
| knownAs | Saladin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defeating the Crusader states at the Battle of Hattin
ⓘ
founding the Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ leadership during the Crusades ⓘ recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of chivalry in both Islamic and Western traditions ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Hattin
ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ |
| opponent |
Crusader states
ⓘ
Guy of Lusignan ⓘ Raymond III of Tripoli ⓘ King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ
surface form:
Richard I of England
|
| overthrew |
Fatimid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt
|
| predecessorAsRulerOfEgypt | Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Egypt Eyalet
ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt
Hejaz ⓘ Syria ⓘ Yemen ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1193 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1174 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Nur ad-Din Zangi
ⓘ
surface form:
Nur ad-Din Zengi
|
| successor | Al-Aziz Uthman ⓘ |
| title |
Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Sultan of Egypt
Sultan of Syria ⓘ Sultan of Yemen ⓘ Sultan al-Kamil ⓘ
surface form:
Sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty
|
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saladin is Muslim
this entity surface form:
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub
this entity surface form:
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb
subject surface form:
Richard I of England