Salahuddin province.. relative to the heroic Iraqi (Saladin), who was born on its soil in a castle city of Tikrit, which united the Arabs and liberated Jerusalem

The Salah al-Din provinces of ancient civilization, starting from the start by almost 8000 years, has been dating Mara all historical eras defined by the old Iraq continued and even pre-Islamic era. After the Arab-Islamic Liberation became the greatest cities of that era is the capital of the Arab Islamic state was named after the heroic Iraqi (Saladin), who was born on its soil in a castle city of Tikrit, which united the Arabs and liberated Jerusalem from the hands of the Crusader invaders.

Location: 175 km north of Baghdad province.