Sal·a·din 
(sălə-dĭn) Full name Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub. 1137?-1193.
(sălə-dĭn) Full name Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub. 1137?-1193. Sultan of Egypt and Syria who captured (1187) Jerusalem and defended it during the Third Crusade (1189-1192).