sal'a-din

Updated: May 17, 2025

He had no more trouble with them and for many years his reign was peaceful and prosperous. After the Christians had held Jerusalem for eighty-eight years, it was recaptured by the Moslems under the lead of the famous Sal'a-din, in the year 1187. There was much excitement in Christendom, and the Pope proclaimed another Crusade.

John H. (John Henry) Haaren - Famous Men of the Middle Ages