Nur-ad-Din
Nur-ad-Din (1118–74) ( Nureddin) Ruler of Syria. He united Muslim forces in Syria to resist the Christians of the Crusades. He recaptured Edessa from the Christians in 1146 and in 1154 took Damascus from the Seljuk Turks.
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