The Ayyubid army was the force Saladin united from Egypt and Muslim Syria. It included regular troops and mamluk (slave-soldier) units; in 1177 Saladin led a force of some 26,000 soldiers into southern Palestine. His general Qaraqush separately conquered Tripoli with an army of Turks, Kurds and Bedouin Arab troops, illustrating the force's mixed composition. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Force TypeMixed regular and mamluk (slave-soldier) army 1 Founded Year Force Type
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Source Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin
Source Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
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Source Wikipedia: Ayyubid dynasty
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1. Wikipedia: Ayyubid dynasty
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Saladin led a force of some 26,000 soldiers
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the medieval Sultanate of Egypt, which was established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate
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siege towers, catapults, mangonels and Greek fire
Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin
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The Muslims positioned themselves between the Frankish army and the water so that the Franks were forced to pitch camp overnight on the arid plateau near the village of Meskenah.
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