Saladin Timeline of Events

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Saladin

Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...

Timeline of Events

1176

5.22.1176

The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.

1177

11.25.1177

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

1187

9.20.1187

Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.

10.2.1187

Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

1191

7.12.1191

Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

1192

12.20.1192

Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third crusade.