ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.60 g, 12 h), al-Qahira (Cairo), AH 583 = AD 1187/8. Balog, Ayyubids, 43. Nicol 918. Very fine.
Al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf, better known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled over Egypt and Syria for almost a century.