The Most Well-Known Muslim Leader in Western History?
Igor OvsyannykovOn this day in 1169, Salah ad-Din or Saladin became the emir of Egypt. He was a Kurdish Fatimid and highly educated. He preferred studying and religion to military affairs, but he would go on to conquer Syria and take the Kingdom of Jerusalem from the Levant Christians, effectively making him the leader of one of the greatest Muslim dynasties. […]
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