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Saladin

1138 - 1193

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Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saladin is the 16th most popular politician (down from 10th in 2019), the most popular biography from Iraq (up from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Politician.

Saladin was the Sultan of Egypt and Syria in the late 12th century. He is most famous for defeating the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187, recapturing Jerusalem and other major cities, and for being a patron of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saladin ranks 16 out of 19,576. Before him are Joseph Stalin, Akbar, Augustus, Suleiman the Magnificent, Indira Gandhi, and Vladimir Lenin. After him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Kublai Khan, Qin Shi Huang, George VI, Franz Joseph I of Austria, and Louis XVI of France.

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Among people born in 1138, Saladin ranks 1. After him are Maimonides, Tancred, King of Sicily, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Casimir II the Just, Hōjō Tokimasa, Giraut de Bornelh, and Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1193, Saladin ranks 1. After him are Balian of Ibelin, Robert IV of Sablé, Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama, Roger III of Sicily, and Saint Thorlak.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Saladin ranks 1 out of 384. After him are Abraham (-1813), Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Abu Hanifa (698), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Möngke Khan (1209), Al-Kindi (801), Ashurbanipal (-685), Sarah (-1803), and Rabia of Basra (710).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Saladin ranks 1. After him are Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Möngke Khan (1209), Ashurbanipal (-685), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Nur ad-Din (1116), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Al-Ma'mun (786), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), and Sennacherib (-740).

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