Editing Saladin (section)

==Domestic affairs==
[[File:Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). 1169-1193 CE. Citing Abbasid caliph an-Nasir. Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Dated AH 583 (1187-1188 CE).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Dirham]] of Saladin, 583 AH (1187–88 CE).<br>
'''''Obv.''''': "The Prince, Defender, Honor of the world [and] the faith"; in margin: "Yusuf bin Ayyub, Struck in Damascus, Year three and eighty and five hundred".<br>
'''''Rev.''''': "The Imam [[al-Nasir|al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh]], Commander of the Faithful"; in margin: "There is no deity except God alone, Muhammad is the messenger of God".<ref>Balog 93; SICA 6, -; Album 787.2; ICV 89</ref>]]
In June 1180, Saladin hosted a reception for Nur ad-Din Muhammad, the [[Artuqid]] ''emir'' of [[Hasankeyf|Keyfa]], at [[Geuk Su]], in which he presented him and his brother Abu Bakr with gifts, valued at over 100,000 dinars according to Imad ad-Din. This was intended to cement an alliance with the Artuqids and to impress other ''emirs'' in Mesopotamia and [[Anatolia]]. Previously, Saladin offered to mediate relations between Nur ad-Din and [[Kilij Arslan II]]—the [[Sultanate of Rum|Seljuk sultan of Rûm]]—after the two came into conflict. The latter demanded that Nur ad-Din return the lands given to him as a dowry for marrying his daughter when he received reports that she was being abused and used to gain Seljuk territory. Nur ad-Din asked Saladin to mediate the issue, but Arslan refused.{{sfn|Lyons|Jackson|1982|p=148}}

After Nur ad-Din and Saladin met at Geuk Su, the top Seljuk emir, Ikhtiyar ad-Din al-Hasan, confirmed Arslan's submission, after which an agreement was drawn up. Saladin was later enraged when he received a message from Arslan accusing Nur ad-Din of more abuses against his daughter. He threatened to attack the city of [[Malatya]], saying, "it is two days march for me and I shall not dismount [my horse] until I am in the city." Alarmed at the threat, the Seljuks pushed for negotiations. Saladin felt that Arslan was correct to care for his daughter, but Nur ad-Din had taken refuge with him, and therefore he could not betray his trust. It was finally agreed that Arslan's daughter would be sent away for a year and if Nur ad-Din failed to comply, Saladin would move to abandon his support for him.{{sfn|Lyons|Jackson|1982|p=148}}

Leaving Farrukh-Shah in charge of Syria, Saladin returned to Cairo at the beginning of 1181. According to [[Abu Shama]], he intended to spend the fast of [[Ramadan]] in Egypt and then make the ''[[hajj]]'' pilgrimage to Mecca in the summer. For an unknown reason, he apparently changed his plans regarding the pilgrimage and was seen inspecting the [[Nile River]] banks in June. He was again embroiled with the Bedouin; he removed two-thirds of their fiefs to use as compensation for the fief-holders at [[Fayyum]]. The Bedouin were also accused of trading with the Crusaders and, consequently, their grain was confiscated and they were forced to migrate westward. Later, Ayyubid warships were deployed against Bedouin river pirates, who were plundering the shores of Lake Tanis.{{sfn|Lyons|Jackson|1982|p=156}}

In the summer of 1181, Saladin's former palace administrator [[Baha al-Din Qaraqush|Baha ad-Din Qaraqush]] led a force to arrest Majd ad-Din—a former deputy of Turan-Shah in the Yemeni town of [[Zabid]]—while he was entertaining [[Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani|Imad ad-Din al-Ishfahani]] at his estate in Cairo. Saladin's intimates accused Majd ad-Din of misappropriating the revenues of Zabid, but Saladin himself believed there was no evidence to back the allegations. He had Majd ad-Din released in return for a payment of 80,000 dinars. In addition, other sums were to be paid to Saladin's brothers al-Adil and Taj al-Muluk Buri. The controversial detainment of Majd ad-Din was a part of the larger discontent associated with the aftermath of Turan-Shah's departure from Yemen. Although his deputies continued to send him revenues from the province, centralized authority was lacking and an internal quarrel arose between Izz ad-Din Uthman of [[Aden]] and Hittan of Zabid. Saladin wrote in a letter to al-Adil: "this Yemen is a treasure house ... We conquered it, but up to this day we have had no return and no advantage from it. There have been only innumerable expenses, the sending out of troops ... and expectations which did not produce what was hoped for in the end."{{sfn|Lyons|Jackson|1982|pp=158–159}}