(n) sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193), Syn. Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
(n) the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca, Syn. salah, salaah, salaat