Saladin
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Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi (1137 or 1138 – 1193) was a famous Sultan during the Crusades. (A Sultan is a Muslim king who rules using shariah (Islamic law.) People in Europe and the United States also call him Saladin. Many Muslims consider him a hero for defeating the Crusaders over twenty years worth of battles.
He founded the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Iraq, Mecca Hejaz and Diyar Bakr. Salah ad-Din is a title which translates to The Righteousness of the Faith from Arabic.
Many books were written about Saladin, the things he did and the battles he won. Daastaan Imaan Farooshoon Ki is one book in Urdu written by Althamash that says very good things about Saladin.
