Saladin

Saladin (Salah al-Din ibn Ayyub) - was a Muslim leader best known for taking back Jerusalem during the crusades (declared a Jihad). Through many victories he gained the reputation among Muslims as a great leader and rightfully so. Throughout the crusades Saladin proved his worth; once when he offered a ransom for soldiers, another by answering Richard Lion Hart's request by sending fresh water and fruit while the king was sick, another when he took over Jerusalem forbidding the soldiers to rape, murder or plunder. Saladin and Richard ended the third crusade with a treaty leaving Jerusalem under Muslim rule but all were allowed to make pilgrimages to the holy city.

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