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Saladin

Meaning — From the Arabic "Salah ad-Din" meaning "righteousness of the faith" or "goodness of the religion", compounded from "salah" (righteousness, goodness) and "ad-din" (the faith). Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) was the great 12th-century Kurdish-Muslim sultan and military genius, famous for recapturing Jerusalem in 1187 CE and for his chivalry toward defeated Crusaders.·Arabic origin·Male·SAL-ah-din

Saladin Saladin is one of history's defining names for the chivalric warrior-statesman — brilliant in battle yet magnanimous in victory, genuinely pious yet politically astute. Characters named Saladin carry the weight of a legendary reputation and must decide how to honor or break from the expectation of noble perfection.

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Historical FictionMilitary FictionFantasyAdventure

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Variations & nicknames

SaladinSalah ad-DinSelahaddin

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Saladin Al-RashidSaladin MansourSaladin NasserSaladin KhalilSaladin AzizSaladin Hamdan

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