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Illustration of Saladin, holding a scimitar, 15th century. Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c1137-1193) was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. He was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. [Detail from roll] Sixth age; No. 86., in The Six Ages of the World.