Saladin



=== __Saladin:__ ·  Kurdish Muslim ·  sultan (ruler) of Syria and Egypt  ===

===· third crusade took place at the Holy Land (Jerusalem) ===

=== · Jerusalem is located in the Judean Mountains, in between the medditerranean sea & the dead sea   ===

=== · 1152-1174 Saladin escalates in power until the Syrian ruler (Nureddin) dies, then Saladin declared himself ruler. ===

=== · 1192 peace treaty with Richard the Lionhearted (one leader of the Christians in the third crusade) enacted – Muslim’s could keep the holy land, but Christians could not be persecuted on their pilgrimages. ===

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 * When Richard the Lionhearted and his army were suffering from starvation and dehydration, Saladin sent them fresh fruit and snow to help them recover (Saladin was a strict Muslim, and always helped the suffering)
 * Two attempts were made on his life, the assassins were never caught
 * Again, Saladin helped his opponent Richard the Lionhearted by sending his own personal physician to attend to Richard when he was wounded in battle.
 * Nurredin ( former sultan or Egypt & Syria) was planning to campaign against Saladin who was gaining too much power, nurredin died before the campaign.