Personal Profile Born: c. 1137-38, Tikrit, Upper Mesopotamia, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq) Birth name: Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (westernised to Salah al-Din, or Saladin) Died: 4 March 1193 (aged 55-56), Damascus, Syria, Ayyubid Sultanate Reign: 1174 – 4 March 1193 as Sultan of Egypt and Syria Spouse: Ismat ad-Din Khatun Children: Al-Afdal ibn…… Continue reading Saladin
Tag: European History
Vlad the Impaler
The real-life Dracula! Hailing from Transylvania in the fifteenth century, Vlad Dracul III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula, is one of history’s most notorious villains.
Attila the Hun
Some may remember Attila the Hun from Ben Stiller’s 2006 film ‘Night at the Museum’ – but this character was more fascinated by warfare than magic tricks.
The Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Unquestionably one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts – but how did two Catholics being thrown out of a window spark this conflict which was to last for thirty years?
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