Saladin

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Salahahdin.png
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|birth = c. 1138
|death = 4 March 1193
|period = High Middle Ages
|faction = [[Saracens]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' {{mo}}}}
'''Salāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb''' (Arabic: صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب), better known as simply '''Salah Al'din''' or '''Saladin''' (c. 1138 - 4 March 1193), was the Sultan of the Ayyubid Caliphate.

He was also the commander of the Muslim armies and lands united against the invading [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] during the [[Third Crusade]].

==Biography==
===Siege of Masyaf===
In 1176, Saladin forces [[Siege of Masyaf|laid siege]] to the [[Assassins]]' headquarters of [[Masyaf]], following several assassination attempts on him. Quickly taking control of Masyaf's village, the [[Saracen]] forces set up camp near the fortress.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

For further protection, the Saracens set up a fake tent of the Sultan in the middle of the camp to fool the Assassins. However, an Assassin spy by the name of [[Ahmad Sofian]] had infiltrated the Saracen forces, and was able to inform the Assassins of the location of the Sultan's real tent.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" />

Salah Al'din's tent was infiltrated by the Assassin [[Umar Ibn-La'Ahad]] soon afterwards. Umar left a note attached to Salah Al'din's belt while he was asleep, however, the Sultan woke up before he could leave, and summoned his guards. Umar managed to escape the tent, but was forced to kill a noble in the process.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" />

Frightened, Salah Al'din left the battlefield and sent his brother [[Shihab Al'din]] to form a truce with the Assassins, with the Saracens desiring the life of Umar in exchange for the captured Ahmad Sofian, and the safety of Masyaf. After the terms of the truce were accepted, the Saracens left Masyaf.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" />

===Third Crusade===
At the beginning of the Third Crusade, Salah Al'din and his men defeated Guy of Lusignan (the King of [[Jerusalem]] who would later ally with King Richard in the Siege of [[Acre]]), and Raynald of Chatillon at the Battle of Hattin, where he destroyed the entire army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[wikipedia:Saladin|''Wikipedia'': Salah Al'din]]</ref>

Following this tremendous victory, Salah Al'din moved on to secure most of the cities and fortresses of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, until finally conquering Jerusalem itself in 1187. Following the arrival of King Richard, Salah Al'din moved to fight against him. However, after being defeated three times by him in Acre, [[Arsuf]] and Jaffa, Salah Al'din signed a treaty which would allow unarmed Christian pilgrims to visit the holy city.<ref name="Wikipedia" />

===Later life===
Saladin died on the 4th of March, 1193, and was buried in Umayyad Mosque, [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]. He is considered to be a hero in the Muslim community, and is also respected by his Christian counterparts.<ref name="Wikipedia" />

==Trivia==
*"Ṣaladin" means "Righteousness of our Religion/Faith". He acquired the title after expressing his early intentions for conquering Jeruselum to his mentor, Imad El-Din Zinki, another Muslim conqueror.
*Though Salah Al'din never appears in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', there is concept art of his character (in the limited edition artbook and the official strategy guide), hinting that he was originally going to appear in the story.
*In-game, the Crusaders (such as [[Robert de Sable]] and the Acre [[Herald|heralds]]) use the European pronunciation of "''Sala-din''", while the Saracens (such as the [[Damascus]] and Jerusalem heralds) use the Arabic pronunciation of "''Sa-lah-adin''".

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