Saladin
['sælədin]
Definition
(noun.) sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193).
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Examples
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In 1169 a Kurdish adventurer, named Saladin, became ruler of Egypt, in which country the Shiite heresy had now fallen before a Sunnite revival. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have little of importance to say, lady, answered Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, excepting the confirmed tidings of a truce with Saladin. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It speaks to him of Baldwin, and Tancred, the princely Saladin, and great Richard of the Lion Heart. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This Saladin reunited the efforts of Egypt and Bagdad, and preached a Jehad, a Holy War, a counter-crusade, of all the Moslems against the Christians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Saladin treated two of the prisoners with princely courtesy, and ordered refreshments to be set before them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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