Traces the life and accomplishments of the powerful and influential twelfth-century Muslim sultan who led his people in an attempt to regain holy lands in and around Jerusalem that had been lost during earlier Crusades.
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In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi).
In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi). Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age.
In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi).
Known in the West as a "noble heathen," the great Muslim sultan Saladin led Muslim forces in the reconquest of the Crusader kingdoms and captured Jerusalem in 1187. This concise...
Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero.
Saladin represents the best kind of biography--a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man.
The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring...
Leben und Legende des mächtigsten Mannes im Nahen Osten, Sultan Saladin von Ägypten und Syrien und bedeutendster Gegner der Kreuzfahrer.
My people, we didn't matter to the Northern devils no more than we mattered to the Southern devils. The Reconstruction period of 1866 will prove that things didn't change in the South; in fact, the North gave these Southern devils the ...
This is more than the other side of a familiar Western story, the Crusades. It is the tale of an extraordinary man, remarkable for his generous and chivalrous ways, a warrior who longed for peace.
Saladin was arguably the greatest Muslim leader in history. A great warrior and leader of his people, Saladin was also a spiritual man who displayed mercy to his mortal enemies.
This Osprey Command book looks closely at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu'l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din – or Saladin as he is more commonly known ...
Examines the life of the very powerful and influential Muslim sultan, Saladin, who led his people in an attempt to regain holy lands in and around Jerusalem that had been lost during earlier Crusades.
Like Alexander or Caesar, the name of Saladin the greatest figure of Islamic history has a timeless quality. As famous today as he was when he drove the Crusaders out...
Narrating the life of Saladin, this groundbreaking biography places the 12th-century sultan of Egypt and Syria in historical context against the backdrop of the 10th- and 11th-century Sunni Revival, a powerful sweeping intellectual ...