Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub)
A biography of Saladin (Salah al-Din), with particular reference to his legacy on Cairo.
Some Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)
A collection of, and commentary on, contemporary accounts of Salah ad Din's recapture of Jerusalem.
Saladin
A profile and timeline of the first Ayyubid Sultan, one of very few personages of the time who has managed to be positively described in both Western and Eastern sources. From Encyclopedia of the Orient.
The Ayyubid Dynasty
An account of the fall of the Fatimid dynasty in Cairo, and Salah ed Din's role in establishing the Ayyubids.
The Magnanimity of Salah al Din
An article comparing how Richard the Lionheart and Salah ed Din treated the citizens of Jerusalem.
Saladin
A brief profile of Salah ed Din, as a paragon of princely virtue.
Saladin
A biography of the Kurdish warrior who came to establish the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, led an alliance against the Crusaders, but failed to conquer the Assassins.
Medieval Sourcebook: The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin
Translation of an excerpt from "De Expurgatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum" (The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187).
Salah al-Din
A translation of an adulatory pen portrait by Salah al-Din’s Muslim biographer, bha ad-Din Ibn Shaddad.
The Age of Saladin
A profile of Salah ed Din, focussing on his legacy in Cairo.
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