34.85991 The Salah El-Din Castle is located on Pharaoh's Island in northwestern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. The castle is composed from two parts...

Pharaoh's Island (Arabic: جَزِيْرَةُ فِرعَون Jazīratu Firʽawn), whose current popular name is Coral Island, is a small island in the northern Gulf of...

Crusaders also built a castle on Pharaoh's Island off the mainland, allowing them to control the sea route. Towards the end of 1170, Saladin launched a campaign...

wealthiest barons of the realm. From his castles at Kerak and Montréal, he controlled the routes between the two main parts of Saladin's empire, Syria and...

Salah El-Din castle Sedr, Sinai. 1184 AD Qalaat Al-Gindi (by Saladin), Ras Sedr, Sinai. 1184 AD Salah El-Din castle, Taba (Pharaoh Island), Sinai. 1516...

Egyptian fortress on Pharaoh's Island, before being destroyed by a fleet dispatched by al-Adil. 12 June. Saladin takes possession of Aleppo. September....

Oultrejordain extended southwards through the Negev to the Gulf of Aqaba (Ile de Graye, now Pharaoh's Island). To the north and east (the ancient Gilead) there were...

August – Battle of Belvoir Castle: Saladin crosses into Palestine round the south of the Sea of Galilee. King Baldwin IV (the Leper) of Jerusalem marches...

The castle in Byblos, surrounded by a moat, was built by the Crusaders from indigenous limestone and the remains of Roman structures. Saladin captured...

few days of fierce fighting, takes Sahyun Castle (called Castle of Saladin) on July 29. September 4 – King Guy of Lusignan is released by Saladin after Ascalon...