<P> An - Nasir Salah ad - Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( Arabic : صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب ‎ / ALA - LC : Ṣalāḥ ad - Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb ; Kurdish : سەلاحەدینی ئەییووبی ‎ / ALA - LC : Selahedînê Eyûbî ) , known as Salah ad - Din or Saladin ( / ˈsælədɪn / ; 1137 -- 4 March 1193 ) , was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty . A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish ethnicity , Saladin led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusader states in the Levant . At the height of his power , his sultanate included Egypt , Syria , Upper Mesopotamia , the Hejaz , Yemen and other parts of North Africa . </P>
<P> An - Nasir Salah ad - Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( Arabic : صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب ‎ / ALA - LC : Ṣalāḥ ad - Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb ; Kurdish : سەلاحەدینی ئەییووبی ‎ / ALA - LC : Selahedînê Eyûbî ) , known as Salah ad - Din or Saladin ( / ˈsælədɪn / ; 1137 -- 4 March 1193 ) , was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty . A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish ethnicity , Saladin led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusader states in the Levant . At the height of his power , his sultanate included Egypt , Syria , Upper Mesopotamia , the Hejaz , Yemen and other parts of North Africa . </P>
who was the leader of the muslim during the crusades
who was the leader of the muslim during the crusades
An - Nasir Salah ad - Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub
An - Nasir Salah ad - Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub