Biography of Selahaddin Eyyubi

Selahaddin Eyyubi

Biography of Selahaddin Eyyubi

Sultan Selahaddin Eyyubi, Great hero of world history. Anti-crusade generals. His life is full of thrilling feats of valour. He changed the map of the world. He turned the course of the violent crusades invented by the Christians in the name of religious wars. He was respected even by the enemy for his immense courage, faith and magnanimity.

By establishing justice and Sharia, he became the exemplary great sultan of the Muslim Ummah, the star that brings good fortune to the Ummah. The emergence of Salahuddin during the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate.

With the weakness of the Abbasid ruling center, the world was then torn apart by power struggles; The Shia Fatimid Empire developed centered on Egypt; Muslim territories divided into independent empires in nominal allegiance to the caliph; All the townships are terrified by the violent attacks of the Crusaders; Losing Aqsa, the Ummah is shocked and confused!

Then this great hero fearlessly devoted himself to the dissolution of the Fatimid Empire that helped the Crusaders, the seizure of power of the rulers who destroyed the unity, the crushing of the arrogance of the European Crusaders, the liberation of Jerusalem and the destruction of all the forces that raised arms against Islam.

Biography of Selahaddin Eyyubi

Brief Introduction:
The full name was Selahaddin Eyyubi
“Abu Nasir Salahuddin Yusuf Ibn Ayyub”
His personal name is Yusuf, Salahuddin is Laqb which means “righteous of faith”.

Tihi was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. In the West he is known as “Saladin”. He belonged to the Kurdish ethnic group. His family is of Kurdish origin and hails from the medieval city of Divin in Armenia. His sultanate included Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Hejaz, Yemen and other parts of North Africa. Biography of Selahaddin Eyyubi

This world-conquering hero was born in 532 Hijri, 1137 AD in Tikrit, Mosul Emirate of Mesopotamia at that time. He grew up in Damascus, Syria. He was a Sunni Muslim. His wife’s name was Ismatuddin Khatun. His grandfather was Nuruddin Zengi, founder of the city of Aleppo and founder of the Zengi dynasty. His father Nazmuddin Ayub was the caretaker of Trigris area.

According to Imad al-Din, Salah al-Din had five sons before leaving Egypt in 1174. Salahuddin’s eldest son Al Afdal Ibn Salahuddin was born in 1170 and Al Aziz Uthman in 1172. The second was with Saladin in Syria. His third son was Az Zahir Ghazi. He later became the ruler of Aleppo. Son Masud was born in 1175 and Yaqub in 1176.

In 1163 Nur al-Din Zengi sent Salah al-Din to Fatimid Egypt. Through his skill and prudence, he rose to the top of the Fatimid government after the victory over the Crusaders. He had a close relationship with the then Fatimid Caliph Al Adid.

When his uncle died in 1169, Al Adid appointed Salahuddin as his vizier. It was a rare occurrence to be given such a post in the Caliphate. Salahuddin was averse to the Fatimid regime of that time.

After al-Adid died, Salah al-Din came to power and declared allegiance to the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad. Later he launched an attack against the Crusaders in Palestine, and after a successful campaign in Yemen, he overthrew the Fatimids in Egypt.

After Nur-ud-Din died in 1174, Salah-ud-Din concentrated on the conquest of Syria, and he personally led the conquest of Syria. In mid-1175 he conquered Hama and Hims. The Zengi leaders under the Syrian ruler at one point turned against Salahuddin Ayyubi.

He then quickly defeated Zengi’s army and was proclaimed Sultan of Egypt and Syria by the Abbasid Caliph Al Mustadi. After becoming Sultan, he fought with the Hashishines of northern Syria and the Jazira. He then returned to Egypt in 1177.

In 1182 he completed his conquest of Syria by conquering Aleppo. Undeterred, he led his Ayyubid army personally and defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. On Friday 2 October 1187, his army captured Jerusalem after a siege.

Richard’s army clashed with Saladin’s at the Battle of Arsuf on 7 September 1191, but Saladin initially failed somewhat, but later trapped Richard and forced him to retreat. Through this, Richard failed in all his military campaigns and battles to conquer Jerusalem. In 1192, Saladin and Richard signed the Treaty of “Ramlar”. By this it was determined that Jerusalem would be in the hands of the Muslims.

On March 4, 1193, Salahuddin fell ill and died in Damascus. At the time of his death, his personal wealth consisted of one piece of gold and forty pieces of silver. He donated most of his wealth to the poor. He was buried next to the Umayyad Mosque. His shrine is located there. more

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