dirtnapp / is saladin alive or dead?
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1138
- died
- 1193
- age at death
- 55
- known for
- military personnel, governor, Amir
1138 – 1193
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Saladin in 1193, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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