Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....
: سهلاحهدین ئهیوبی, Selah'edînê Eyubî) (c.
1176 The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
1187 Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1187 Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1191 Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
1192 Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third crusade.