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==== Egypt ====
* February &ndash; [[Saladin]]'s brother [[Turan-Shah]] sails with an army and supporting fleet to conquer the [[Hejaz]] and [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lyons |first1=Malcolm Cameron |last2=Jackson |first2=D. E. P. |year=1982 |title=Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War |url={{Gbooks|hGR5M0druJIC|plainurl=yes}} |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-31739-8 | pages=65–66}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] &ndash; A [[pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin|conspiracy]] against [[Saladin]], aiming to restore the [[Fatimid Caliphate]], is revealed in [[Cairo]], involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet [[Umara al-Yamani]]. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks.<ref>{{Kalifen und Assassinen|pages=294–297}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fulton |first=Michael S. |year=2022 |title=Contest for Egypt: The Collapse of the Fatimid Caliphate, the Ebb of Crusader Influence, and the Rise of Saladin |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-51227-6 | pages=150–151}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The Sicilian fleet (some 250 ships) under [[Tancred, Count of Syracuse]], launches a [[Siege of Alexandria (1174)|failed attack]] against [[Alexandria]]. But he is deprived of support and forced to sail away after a seven-day blockade on [[August 1]].<ref>{{Runciman-A History of the Crusades|volume=2|page=329}}</ref>