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Saladin, a Kurd, unifies Syria and Egypt, …
Years: 1108 - 1251
Saladin, a Kurd, unifies Syria and Egypt, a necessary preliminary and, after many setbacks, captures Mosul, Aleppo, and the string of cities from Edessa to Nasihin.
In 1182 Saladin takes Al Karak (also known as Krak des Chevaliers), a Crusader fort on the route between Horns and Tripoli held by the infamous Reginald of Chatil lon, who has broken treaties, molested Saladin's sister, and attacked Mecca for the purpose of obtaining the Prophet's body and exhibiting it at Al Karak for a fee.
Saladin besieges Jerusalem on September 20, 1187, and nine days later Jerusalem surrenders.
In 1182 Saladin takes Al Karak (also known as Krak des Chevaliers), a Crusader fort on the route between Horns and Tripoli held by the infamous Reginald of Chatil lon, who has broken treaties, molested Saladin's sister, and attacked Mecca for the purpose of obtaining the Prophet's body and exhibiting it at Al Karak for a fee.
Saladin besieges Jerusalem on September 20, 1187, and nine days later Jerusalem surrenders.
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- Semites
- Aramaeans
- Arab people
- Khorasan, Greater
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Oghuz Turks
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Umayyad Caliphate (Harran)
- Abbasid Caliphate (Kufa)
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Hamdanid Dynasty
- Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Non-dynastic and Comnenid dynasty
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Edessa, County of
- Antioch, Principality of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Tripoli, County of
- Mosul, Zengi's Emirate of
- Zengid dynasty of Syria
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Years: 1108 - 1251
Locations
People
Groups
- Semites
- Aramaeans
- Arab people
- Khorasan, Greater
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Oghuz Turks
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Umayyad Caliphate (Harran)
- Abbasid Caliphate (Kufa)
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Hamdanid Dynasty
- Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of
- Druze, or Druse, the
- Seljuq Empire (Isfahan)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Non-dynastic and Comnenid dynasty
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Edessa, County of
- Antioch, Principality of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Tripoli, County of
- Mosul, Zengi's Emirate of
- Zengid dynasty of Syria
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions