# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saladin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:25:40.444Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/saladin"
name: "Saladin"
slug: "saladin"
description: "He took Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 and became the figure both sides of a religious war could admire. A Kurdish commander who rose through treachery and talent to found a dynasty, Saladin remains the most famous Kurd in history and one of the few medieval Muslim leaders the West never turned into a monster."
tagline: "Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)"
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birthDate: "1138"
deathDate: "1193-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1137, Saladin went to Egypt in 1164 as part of his uncle Shirkuh's mercenary contingent serving the Zengid dynasty, originally to reinstall a vizier for the teenage Fatimid caliph. After his uncle died in 1169, Saladin became vizier himself, then quietly dismantled the Shia Fatimid Caliphate from within and realigned Egypt with the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate in 1171. He seized Syria after his Zengid patron died in 1174, taking Damascus peacefully and defeating rival Zengid lords at the Battle of the Horns of Hama in 1175, becoming sultan of Egypt and Syria. His Ayyubid army shattered the Crusaders at Hattin in 1187 and retook Jerusalem, ending Christian military dominance in the Levant. He died in Damascus in 1193 having given most of his wealth away, and was buried beside the Umayyad Mosque.