Averroes vs Saladin
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Compare the life timelines of Averroes (1126–1198) and Saladin (1137–1193) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1137 to 1193.
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Averroes (1126–1198)
- — Born in Cordoba, al-Andalus Verified
- — Educated in law, medicine, and philosophy in Cordoba Verified
- — Completed the medical encyclopedia 'al-Kulliyyat' (Colliget) Verified
- — Introduced to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf by Ibn Tufayl Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) of Seville Verified
- — Appointed qadi of Cordoba Verified
- — Appointed court physician to the Almohad caliph Verified
- — Banished to Lucena and works ordered burned Verified
- — Restored to favor and recalled to Marrakesh Verified
- — Died in Marrakesh Verified
Saladin (1137–1193)
- — Born in Tikrit Verified
- — Raised and educated in Damascus Verified
- — Joined his uncle Shirkuh's campaigns in Egypt Verified
- — Became vizier of Egypt Verified
- — Abolished the Fatimid Caliphate Verified
- — Proclaimed Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founding the Ayyubid dynasty Verified
- — Destroyed the Crusader army at the Battle of Hattin Verified
- — Recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders Verified
- — Concluded the Treaty of Jaffa with Richard the Lionheart Verified
- — Died in Damascus Verified