Ismail al-Jazari vs Saladin
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Compare the life timelines of Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) and Saladin (1137–1193) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1137 to 1193.
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Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206)
- — Born in the Jazira region of Upper Mesopotamia Verified
- — Entered service of the Artuqid dynasty as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace Verified
- — Served three successive Artuqid rulers over roughly 25 years Verified
- — Commissioned by Sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud to document his mechanical inventions Verified
- — Developed the double-acting reciprocating suction pump with crankshaft-connecting rod mechanism Verified
- — Designed the elephant clock, an elaborate water-powered automaton clock Verified
- — Died in Diyarbakir Verified
- — Completed The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices 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