SALAH-UDI-DIN AYUBI

Salah-ud-din Ayubi was  the Sultan of Egypt. Salah ud din was very intelligent, cautious general and a kind ruler. Salah ud din was generous and kind to both his friends and enemies. His full name was Salah-ud-din yousaf ibn-e-yaqoob. 

His father name was Najam-ud-din Ayub. He was born in 1138 at the city of Tikrit, in Iraq. His son name was Al-Aziz. Salah ud din died on March 4,1193 . His place of death is  Damascus , a city of Sham. He rule the Egypt from 1174 to 1193. He is buried near Umvi Masjid (Mosque) in Damascus (Sham). He was one of the greatest generals of the world.He was given the charge of Egypt when he become the governor of army of Nur-ud-din Zangi in place of his uncle ( brother of his father). In 1174, he become the ruler after the death of pious leader Nur-ud-din Zangi. He participated in Crusadrs. He  fight bravely and with his intelligence and won the Jerusalem. Christians were afraid of him .He was a very simple and God-fearing man. In the third Crusader was, Christians fight back but they neither win back the holy city of Jerusalem nor they defeated Salah-ud-din in the battle. In greed, the kings, knights, leaders of Europe and many others raised up in the leadership of Richard and send a message to Salah-ud-din which say

“We, kings are in large numbers and you are alone, Go away and leave Jerusalem! Otherwise we will destroy you”

At this he simply put his hand on handle of sword and replied:

“The area of my Asia is large enough for your graves”

During war when Richard and Salah ud din were fighting Richard lost his horse,  salah ud din leave the fight and in the evening he sand a horse to him as a gift. And when Richard become ill during fight he came to him to see him .In third Crusader war he proved that he is the powerful leader in the world. There was a difference between Salah ud din and others kings of that time. These kings made others respect them due to their power but people respect salah ud din due to his god-fearinf attitude,his abilities and his good dealing with public. He exactly followed all the rules of Islam not only on his dealing but also in his common life. After winning third crusader war salah ud din received countless war booty. He divided the war booty in three parts. He gave one part to set the prisoners free, second part was given to the Madarsa and third part was divided among the army and poor peoples. He and his generals keep nothing. He ruled not only on Egypt but also on Falastine, Sham, Urdan and Labnan. And he also conquered Jerusalem. But when he died then he had no money to be used for his funeral. Debt was taken for his funeral. His funeral ceremony was very simple .Everyone was weeping over his death. The whole Damascus was silent and was in great shock. After his death it was found that he owns only a horse, one dinar and thirty six dirham and nothing else. It was his wish to perform Hajj. But his wished was never completed. These were the great leaders.