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People: Maurice Reagh Fitzgibbon
Topic: Morocco: Famine of 1661-62

Saladin, after taking Hama from the Zengids …

Years: 1179 - 1179

Saladin, after taking Hama from the Zengids in 1175, grants the city to his nephew, al-Muzaffar Umar, four years later, putting it under the rule of his Ayyubid family; this ushers in an era of stability and prosperity in the city.