Top 5 Quotations of Saladin Ayyubi and his Life

 

About Saladin

Saladin was born in Tikrit, Mesopotamia (now in Iraq), in 1137 or 1138 and died March 4, 1193, Damascus (now in Syria). Saladin was raised in Syria. He was interested in religious studies as a young man. When he finished school, he went to work for his uncle, Asad al-Din Shirkuh, a powerful military leader.

Salah al-Din was the descendent of Kurdish family and the son of Ayyub, one of the commanders of Zengi, a freed Turkish slave and one of the most prominent Emirs of Seljuks Sultan Melik Shah’s court. Later, Salah al-Din Ayyubi succeeded in founding the Ayyubid Dynasty in 1171, conquering Jerusalem in 1187 AD, and expanding his dominion from Egypt to East Asia in the east and Yemen to the south. Even before his death, Saladin divided his realm between his sons and his brothers.

After the death of his master Nur al-Din, who captured almost all the cities of Jerusalem from the Crusaders. Also, he wanted to conquer Jerusalem from the Christians but could not succeed and died in 1174. The Zengid princes of Mosul, Aleppo, and Damascus started fighting against each other over the legacy of Nur al-Din. Thereby  Salah al-Din had to take Syria under his control piece by piece and unite them with the respite of his Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt.

Top 5 famous quotations of Salahuddin Ayyubi:

1. "If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation" ~ Saladin
2. "I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps." ~ Saladin
3. "I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness." ~ Saladin
4. "It is not the custom of kings to kill kings." ~ Saladin
5. "European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat." ~ Saladin

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