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The Zengid dynasty, controlling a unified Syria …

Years: 1180 - 1191

The Zengid dynasty, controlling a unified Syria after the failure of the Second Crusade, had engaged in a conflict with the Fatimid rulers of Egypt, which had ultimately resulted in the unification of Egyptian and Syrian forces under the command of Saladin, who had employed them to reduce the Christian states and to recapture Jerusalem in 1187.