Dinastie Mameluca intemeiata de un kurd musulman, sub numele de Saladin SEC XIII-XIV.

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At the age of 14 Saladin joined other members of his family (the Ayyubids) in the service of the Syrian ruler Nur ad-Din. Between 1164 and 1169 he distinguished himself in three expeditions sent by Nur ad-Din to aid the Fatimid caliphate of Egypt against attacks by the Christian Crusaders based in Outremer.

In the next few years he became a great statesman and when only 31 years old, he became governor of Egypt. When his uncle Nur ad-Din died he became Sultan with a powerful army at his command.



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SALADIN (Salah Ad-din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub)