Mausoleum of Saladin or An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (1137-1193). First sultan of Egypt and Syria. Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. He was buried in a mausoleum in the garden outside the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. Seven centuries later, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany donated a new marble sarcophagus to the mausoleum. However, the original sarcophagus was not replaced; instead, the mausoleum now has two sarcophagi: the marble one placed on the side and the original wooden one, which covers Saladin's tomb. Damascus. Syria.