This ruler is featured prominently in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi. This man managed to escape from the Battle of Montgisard by mounting a racing camel after being defeated by the "Leper King," Baldwin IV. This man's namesake "tithe" was collected in E
This ruler is featured prominently in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi. This man managed to escape from the Battle of Montgisard by mounting a racing camel after being defeated by the "Leper King," Baldwin IV. This man's namesake "tithe" was collected in England and France after he captured the city Baldwin was King of, and he famously offered Guy de Lusignan ice water after capturing him near an extinct volcano at the Battle of Hattin. This man replaced his predecessor Nur ad-Din as ruler of Syria and founded the Ayyubid dynasty after capturing Egypt. For 10 points, name this Muslim leader whose capture of Jerusalem prompted the Third Crusade.
This ruler is featured prominently in the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi.
Saladin [or Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub; prompt on "Ayyub"]