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To supply water to the Citadel, Saladin built an 85-metre-deep (280 ft) [19] well known as the Well of Joseph (or Bir Yusuf), so-called because Saladin's birth name, Yūsif, is the Arabic equivalent of Joseph. His chief eunuch and confidant, Qaraqush, who oversaw construction of the Citadel, was also responsible for digging the well.
Like his predecessor Nur ad-Din, Saladin died of an illness in the citadel on 4 March 1193. He was initially buried inside the citadel, but later reburied in a mausoleum near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. [18] At Saladin's death in 1193, rival Ayyubid factions led by Saladin's sons established themselves in Egypt, Aleppo, Damascus, and Iraq.
Other parts of the Citadel were repeatedly modified in later periods. In 1176, the construction of the Cairo Citadel began under Saladin's orders. [19]: 107 It was to become the center of government in Egypt until the 19th century, with expansions and renovations. [3] The Citadel was completed under sultan Al-Kamil (r. 1218–1238).
One of the world's biggest mediaeval citadels, the Citadel of Cairo dates back to about 1176 A.D. when construction began under the Muslim military commander Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, who later went ...
Saladin besieged Kerak again in 1184. Saladin attempted to fill the ditches that prevented siege engines from getting in range of the castle wall. However, just like the first siege of Kerak, Saladin and his men left before a reinforcing crusader army could come to the castle's aid. This siege only lasted four weeks. [4]
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The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr magra al-ʿayyūn) [1] is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt.It was first conceived and built during the Ayyubid period (under Salah ad-Din and his successors) but was later reworked by several Mamluk sultans to expand the provision of water to the Citadel of Cairo.
'Zion Castle'), also known as the Castle of Saladin (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين, romanized: Qalʿat Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn), is a medieval castle in northwestern Syria. It is located 7 km east of Al-Haffah town and 30 km east of the city of Latakia , in high mountainous terrain on a ridge between two deep ravines and surrounded by forest ...