The Saladin Citadel of Cairo, is a medieval Islamic fort in Cairo, Egypt. The Citadel was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 CE, to protect it from the Crusaders. The citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved in the 1860s..
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