Saladin Biography and Timeline

Birth of Saladin

Birth of Saladin, from Kurdish parents

Invasion of Egypt

Accompanies his uncle on a campaign in Egypt, wants to replace Sunni with Shia Islam

Role range: 1174-1193

Invasion of Egypt

Accompanies his uncle on a campaign in Egypt, wants to replace Sunni with Shia Islam

Role range: 1174-1193

Invasion of Egypt

Wants to drive the Crusader Franks out of the Levant

Commander of Syria

Appointed Commander of Syrian forces in Egypt

Rule of Egypt

Appointed Vizier in Egypt, effectively having control of Egypt

Fatimid Caliphate

Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate & rules Egypt directly

Rule of Egypt

Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate & rules Egypt directly

Succession

Succeeds as Sultan of Egypt & Syria

Role range: 1174-1193

Capture of Damascus

Saladin captures Damascus

Invasion of Syria

Saladin defeats Syria & is awarded control of the lands from Morocco to Syria

Capture of Aleppo

Saladin captures Aleppo

Role range: 1174-1193

Unification

Unites Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine & Egypt

Role range: 1174-1193

Capture of Tiberias

Captures Tiberias from the Crusaders after a 6 day siege

Battle of Hittin

Saladin defeats the Franks. Defeats the Christians in a campaign to drive them out of Palestine. 20,000 Franks including Guy de Lusignan are captured

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Capture of Acre

Captures Acre

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Capture of Jerusalem

Captures Jerusalem & wins control of Frankish Syria & Palestine. Captures Jerusalem which provokes the third Crusade of 1189-1192

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Rule of Palestine

Captures Jerusalem & wins control of Frankish Syria & Palestine

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Rule of Syria

Captures Jerusalem & wins control of Frankish Syria & Palestine

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Siege of Acre

The Crusaders march on Muslim held Acre

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Siege of Acre

The Crusaders march on Muslim held Acre

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Capture of Acre

Acre falls to the Crusaders after Richard I defeats Saladins Army

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Siege of Acre

Acre falls to the Crusaders after Richard I defeats Saladins Army

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Battle of Arsuf

Richard the Lionheart defeats Salladin in battle en Route to Jaffa. Richard I the Lionheart is ambushed by Saladin at Arsouf en route to Ascalon

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Massacre

Richard I orders the slaughter of 2,700 captured from Acre after the peace is broken

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Siege of Acre

Richard I proposes his sister marry Saladins brother & receive Jerusalem as a present. Richard I orders the slaughter of 2,700 captured from Acre after the peace is broken

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Peace

The interior will belong to the Muslims while the Latins keep control of the coast

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Peace

The interior will belong to the Muslims while the Latins keep control of the coast. Richard I & Saladin conclude peace

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Capture of Jaffa

Richard I capures Jaffa from the Saracens under Saladin

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Peace

Richard I makes a truce with Saladin for 3 years after failing to capture Jerusalem

Role range: 1189-1192 – 1174-1193

Death of Saladin

Death of Saladin, of fever

Role range: 1174-1193

Declaration of War

Saladins sparks off a civil war among his heirs

Role range: 1174-1193

Burial

Buried in the Omayyad Mosque

Role range: 1174-1193