This entity is the atlas's own label for a documented pattern rather than a named doctrine in the historical literature: Saladin's combination of a strong personal appeal to jihad, patient diplomacy, and selective military pressure to unite Egypt and Muslim Syria under one rule before turning his combined forces against the Crusader states. After Nur ad-Din's death in 1174 he entered Damascus peacefully at the governor's request, arranged truces with Zengid rivals and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and defeated remaining Zengid forces at the Battle of the Horns of Hama in 1175, after which the Abbasid caliph declared him Sultan of Egypt and Syria. 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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Core ClaimUnite Egypt and Syria under one rule through diplomacy, dynastic consolidation and selective force, using the appeal of jihad against the Crusaders to legitimize annexing fellow Muslim territory, before confronting the Crusader states directly. 1 Classification
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Above all else he was a devotee of jihad: The sacred works [Koran, hadith, etc.] are full of passages referring to the jihad. Saladin was more assiduous and zealous in this than in anything else....
body text, after the Battle of the Horns of Hama
declared him Sultan of Egypt and Syria
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Not long after Nur ad-Din died in 1174, Saladin launched his conquest of Syria, peacefully entering Damascus at the request of its governor.
- A land campaign of diplomacy and battle, per the entity's own sourced description.
Developed By: Saladin, body text
declared him Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Associated With: Ayyubid-Crusader War, Lead section
1137 - 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. A Sunni Muslim ruler of Kurdish origin, Saladin was an important figure of the Third Crusade and spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant.
Practiced By: Ayyubid Army, Lead
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1137 - 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria.
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