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Rather than try and get all of the information I can find on Saladin into this writeup, I'm going to give an account of the
highlights
which may cause the reader to be further interested in this fascinating man, and some ideas where to go to get further information. The information in this node seems likely to be all that most casual readers would like, so there's some tension between brevity and completeness.
Saladin (full name
Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayub
, according to www.templarhistory.com) was a
Muslim
general during the
Crusades
. I'm also told by user
kto9
that he was a
Kurd
(confirmed by numerous websites). What makes him such a fascinating figure is that he is renowned for his
intelligence
,
kindness
,
mercy
, and
virtue
, even in the accounts of his opponents. In an age of such rampant intolerance and barbaric treatment of one's foes, to be viewed positively by your enemies seems to me an astounding feat.
He organized the retaking of much of the
holy land
(including the
October 7, 1187
capture of
Jerusalem
from the Christians after having dealt the Christian armies in the area a crushing blow at
Hattin
on July 4 of that year--my thanks to the
Encyclopedia Brittanica
for the dates), which caused
Christendom
to respond with a vigorous
Third Crusade
, led by
King Richard I the Lion-Heart
of
England
. Though they did take back the highly defensible port city of
Acre
after an extremely drawn-out siege, the Christians failed to regain Jerusalem, thwarted by Saladin's forces.
Probably a military genius ranking alongside
Hannibal
and
Erwin Rommel
, Saladin remains one of the most captivating characters that people just don't tend to hear much about. The Saladin was also a variety of tank in
FASA
's
Mechwarrior
gaming universe. Some other places you might want to check out regarding Saladin are:
http://www.templarhistory.com/saladin.html
http://i-cias.com/e.o/saladin.htm - The Encyclopedia of the Orient
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/11364.html
Any of several related pages at Fordham's Internet Medieval Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
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