This entity is the atlas's own label for a documented pattern rather than a named doctrine in the historical literature: Saladin's combination of a strong personal appeal to jihad, patient diplomacy, and selective military pressure to unite Egypt and Muslim Syria under one rule before turning his combined forces against the Crusader states. After Nur ad-Din's death in 1174 he entered Damascus peacefully at the governor's request, arranged truces with Zengid rivals and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and defeated remaining Zengid forces at the Battle of the Horns of Hama in 1175, after which the Abbasid caliph declared him Sultan of Egypt and Syria.
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Core ClaimUnite Egypt and Syria under one rule through diplomacy, dynastic consolidation and selective force, using the appeal of jihad against the Crusaders to legitimize annexing fellow Muslim territory, before confronting the Crusader states directly. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Saladin
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The sacred works are full of passages referring to the jihad. Saladin was more assiduous and zealous in this than in anything else.
1. Wikipedia: Saladin
Wikipediabody text, after the Battle of the Horns of HamaQuote, body text, after the Battle of the Horns of Hama
declared him Sultan of Egypt and Syria
1. Wikipedia: Saladin
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peaceful entry into Damascus in November 1174 at the governor's request
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