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| | 4 March: This Date in History |
 | | Weigh not His mother's poor attire, nor Joseph's simple weed. |
 | | Al-Malik an-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub (Righteousness of the Faith, Joseph, son of Job), born in 1137 or 1138, was Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, and the most famous of Muslim heroes. |
 | | In war against the Crusaders, he achieved final success with the disciplined capture of Jerusalem on 02 October 1187, ending its 88-year occupation by the Franks. |
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