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); [syn: Saladin, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Saladin
n 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) [syn: Saladin, Salah-ad-Din
Yusuf ibn-Ayyub]