SALADINO ... El caballero musulmán ... Nació en 1138 en Takrit, en el actual Irak. De origen kurdo, con 14 años se puso al servicio del gobernante sirio Nur al-Din. En 1169 fue comandante en jefe del ejército sirio y visir de Egipto. ...See More SALADIN... The Muslim Knight... He was born in 1138 in Takrit, in the current Iraq. Of Kurdish origin, with 14 years is put at the service of the Syrian ruler Nur al - Din. In 1169 he was commander in Chief of the Syrian army and vizier of Egypt. It repulsed the Crusaders and led the offensive against them. When Nur al - Din died in 1174, he expanded his power to Syria and northern Mesopotamia. After the surrender of Damascus (1174), Aleppo (1183) and Mosul (1186), many Muslim armies, allies under his command were ready to fight the Crusaders. Invaded the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187, defeated the Christians in Hittin (Galilee) on 4 July, and captured Jerusalem in October. In 1189, the third Crusade was launched to recover the Holy City. Land and naval blockade forced the surrender of the Palestinian of Acre in 1191 bastion, although the Crusaders failed towards Jerusalem. In 1192 he signed an armistice with the King Ricardo I de Inglaterra which allowed the Crusaders to reconstitute his Kingdom along the palestino-siria coast, although he left Jerusalem in Muslim hands. In Damascus, Saladin I died March 4, 1193.
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