The 3rd Crusade

Thanks.

Ayyubid dynasty was kurdish eventhough it was in north africa?
So the kurds migrated to their present location (between Syria, Turkey and Iraq) from further south, like Egypt, Syria and Tunisia?

And the OP coin is Ayyubid?
I knew Ayyubid was taken out by mongol hordes, but didn't know Saladin had started it.

 

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Yes.. The coin in OP is Ayyubid and issued by Saladin. His brother Sephadin succeeded him. However, it was not very long lived. I wouldn't really call the Ayyubid a Kurdish dynasty. No doubt Saladin is Kurdish but his forces and armies were diverse and included many ethnicities after absorbing the Fatimids who were in turn vessels of the incumbent Abbasid Caliphate based in Baghdad. There would have likely been easy and free traveling across that part of the world..

 

The Abbasid Caliphate was based in Baghdad. The Fatimid Caliphate,for its part, was based in Egypt. I mean that there were two Caliphs who were opposed and went on a long war.The Fatimids were Shiites, whereas the Abbasids were Sunni. The name of the Fatimids comes from Fatima who was the wife of Imam Ali Ben Abi Taleb. By that time, the Ayyubids of Saladin existed there and so did the Crusaders. There was war on all fronts for religious ,sectarian and hegemony purposes. Saladin ended the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt and became the ruler of Damascus and Egypt. After his death, he was buried in Damascus. His brother, and later his nephews succeeded him in power in Egypt.