1193 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are is split among his descendants.
• Qutb-ud-Din, a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi.
• Muhammad Khilji, a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din sacks and burns Nalanda, India's greatest Buddhist university.

Births

Deaths

• Saladin, Sultan of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria.

Heads of states

• England - Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199)
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)