Who was Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi?

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Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (1137–1193) was the founder of the Ayyubid state. He united Egypt and al-Sham, and he liberated Jerusalem at Hattin in 1187. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

Who was Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas