Salah al-Din recaptured Jerusalem (Al Quds) from the crusaders in 583/1187 during the 3rd crusade, 1189-92 led by King Richard of England.
This 12th/18th century portrait of Salah al-din ibn Ayyub (r 564-589/1169-1193), in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is testimony to the enduring legacy of the 'Saladin' of the European imagination.
This 12th/18th century portrait of Salah al-din ibn Ayyub (r 564-589/1169-1193), in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is testimony to the enduring legacy of the 'Saladin' of the European imagination.
The citadel which bears his name was captured from the Crusaders in 584/1188, a year after he had reclaimed Jerusalem. It lies in a mountainous range approximately 25km from Latakia, in Syria. Between 1999 and 2002, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Support Program restored a number of surviving sections of the citadel, which eventually included a palace, mosque, baths and a madrasa.
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