![]() ![]() His father, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, was banished from Tikrit and in 1139, he and his brother Asad al-Din Shirkuh, moved to Mosul. ![]() His family was of Kurdish background and ancestry, and had originated from the city of Dvin, in medieval Armenia. ![]() Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi was born in the year 532 AH/1137 CE in Tekrit on the West Bank of the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad, loved dearly by his father, Ayyub. His chivalrous behavior was noted by Christian chroniclers, especially in the accounts of the siege of Kerak in Moab, and despite being the nemesis of the Crusaders he won the respect of many of them, including Richard the Lionheart rather than becoming a hated figure in Europe, he became a celebrated example of the principles of chivalry. Hadrat Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi was a strict practitioner of Islam. As such, he is a notable figure in Kurdish, Arab, Persian, Turkish and Muslim culture. He led the Muslims against the Crusaders and eventually recaptured Palestine from the Kingdom of Jerusalem after his victory in the Battle of Hattin. At the height of his power, he ruled over Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Hijaz, and Yemen. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. Sultan SalāH ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb was a Kurdish Muslim who became the Sultan of Egypt and Syria.
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