E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Al’adine (3 syl.).
The sagacious but cruel old king of Jerusalem in Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, book xx. This is a fictitious character, inasmuch as the Holy Land was at the time under the dominion of the caliph of Egypt. Aladine was slain by Raymond.
