The Shrine of Salahuddin Ayubi with a minaret of the Grand Umayyad Mosque in the background

Salah al-Din was a kurdish warrior who fought against the crusaders. One of his great achievement was to win back Jerusalem. Saladin is renowned in both the Muslim and Christian worlds for leadership and military prowess tempered by his chivalry and merciful nature, during his war against the Crusaders. Salah ad-Din is an honorific title which translates to The Righteousness of the Faith from Arabic