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SALAH-AD-DIN YUSUF IBN-AYYUB

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Overview

SALAH-AD-DIN YUSUF IBN-AYYUB (noun)
  The noun SALAH-AD-DIN YUSUF IBN-AYYUB has 1 sense:

1. sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)play

  Familiarity information: SALAH-AD-DIN YUSUF IBN-AYYUB used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SALAH-AD-DIN YUSUF IBN-AYYUB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Saladin; Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub

Instance hypernyms:

grand Turk; sultan (the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire))


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