Saladin Syllabification: (Sal·a·din)Pronunciation: /ˈsalədn, ˈsaləˌdin/Definition of Saladin (1137–93), sultan of Egypt and Syria 1174–93; Arabic name Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub. He reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187, but he was defeated by Richard the Lionheart at Arsuf in 1191. Saladin in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Saladin in the British & World English dictionary