Saladin

Sultan who reunited Egypt and Syria, retook Jerusalem, and became Europe's ideal of the noble enemy.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Crushed the crusader field army at Hattin in 1187 and retook Jerusalem the same year.
• His leniency toward Jerusalem's Christians was contrasted by chroniclers with the slaughter of 1099.
• Dante placed him among the virtuous pagans.

Specifications & Metrics

• ERA: 1137 – 1193