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==== Levant ====
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Nur ad-Din (died 1174)|Nur al-Din]], Seljuk ruler (''[[atabeg]]'') of [[Syria]], dies at [[Damascus]] after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son [[As-Salih Ismail al-Malik]]. Meanwhile, [[Saladin]] declares himself his [[regent]] and vassal.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; King [[Amalric of Jerusalem|Amalric I]] dies of [[dysentery]] after an 11-year reign. He is succeeded by his 13-year-old son [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem|Baldwin IV]] ('''the Leper'''), who becomes ruler of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]. Count [[Raymond III, Count of Tripoli|Raymond of Tripoli]] is appointed as his regent.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; Saladin arrives at Damascus and spends the night at his father's old house, until the gates of the [[Citadel of Damascus]] are opened to him, after a brief siege by his brother [[Tughtakin ibn Ayyub]].<ref>Lyons, M. C.; Jackson, D. E. P. (1982). ''Saladin, the politics of the Holy War'', p. 83. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-31739-9}}.</ref>