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Saladin

AKA Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub

Born: c. 1137
Birthplace: Tikrit, Iraq
Died: 4-Mar-1193
Location of death: Damascus, Syria
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Saladin Tomb, Damascus, Syria

Gender: Male
Religion: Sunni Muslim
Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Occupation: Royalty, Military

Executive summary: Retook Jerusalem in 1187

Father: Najm ad-Din Ayyub
Brother: al Adil

Assassination Attempt (twice) 1175
Declared Holy War 1187
Religious Mission: Papal Crusade
Coma 1193
Kurdish Ancestry

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