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Saladin   /sˈælədɪn/   Listen
Saladin

noun
1.
Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193).  Synonym: Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub.





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"Saladin" Quotes from Famous Books



... Angelus made a treaty with Saladin, and tried to purchase the Holy Sepulchre with gold. Richard Lion-heart scorned such alliance, and sought to recover it by battle. Thus do weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness ...
— Hyperion • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... postscript which tells how the daughter of the Sultan and the Countess, who is termed La Bele Caitive, captivates and marries a Turk of great rank, and becomes the mother of no less a person than the great Saladin himself—a consummation no doubt very satisfactory to the Miss Martha Buskbodies ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury


Words linked to "Saladin" :   sultan, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub, grand Turk


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