Who, what or where was Saldeena (sp?)?

Question

Its for a history project for my annoying t*t of a gfs little brother/pet. He's not sure on the spelling or what the thing even is. Teach him to listen, won't it?

Answer 1

I'm going to go with . . . WHO was Saldeena.

[Am I required to phrase my answer in the form of a question?]

Answer 2

I believe that your gf's "pet" is looking for "Saladin."

Saladin (1138-1193), the Western name for the ruler Salah al-Din ibn Ayyub, was born into a prominent Kurdish family.  His formal career began when he joined the staff of his uncle Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, an important military commander under Nur al-Din who engaged in a race with the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem to take over Egypt.  During three military expeditions led by Shirkuh into Egypt to prevent its falling to the Latin-Christian (Frankish) rulers of the states established by the First Crusade, a complex, three-way struggle developed between Amalric I, the Latin king of Jerusalem; Shawar, the vizier of the Egyptian Fatimid caliph; and Shirkuh.

In the last of these military expeditions, Saladin approached the walls of Cairo at which point the Franks, who had the city of Cairo under siege, retreated. After allowing the Franks to evacuate, his troops reached the walls themselves. His uncle, Shirkuh became vizier. However, he died unexpectedly on the 23rd of March.

Saladin became vizier to the last Fatimid caliph (who died in 1171), earning him the title al-Malik al-Nasir ("the prince defender"), and therefore his relations and successors were all given this title. Thus, Saladin reestablished a Sunni regime in Egypt.

Saladin moved out of Egypt and occupied Damascus and other Syrian towns, though Egypt continued to be a base of his operations.

In 1183, he conquered the north-Syrian city of Aleppo; in 1186, he conquered Mosul in northern Iraq; in 1187 he attacked the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, and after three months of fighting gained control over the city.

In 1189, the third Crusade enlarged the coastal area of Palestine, while Jerusalem remained under Saladin's control.

In 1192, he entered into an armistice with King Richard 1 of England.  Under the terms, the whole coast was defined as Christian land, while the city of Jerusalem remained under Muslim control.

He died in 1193 in Damascus.  By the time of his death, he had liberated almost all of Palestine from the armies of England, France, Burgandy, Flanders, Sicily, Austria and, in effect, from the world power of the Pope, as well as having established his own family in Cairo.

For more detail, please see:

http://history-world.org/saladin.htm

http://www.templarhistory.com/saladin.ht...

http://historymedren.about.com/library/w...

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsou...

http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/profile...

Answer 3

Saldaña is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 14,273 as of the 1993 census.