A painting of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1174-1193) who shocked the western world by defeating a western army at the Battle of Hattin and then capturing Jerusalem in 1187. Painting by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, c. 1525-1605.
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