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Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub)
A biography of Saladin (Salah al-Din), with particular reference to his legacy on Cairo.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sa...
Saladin
First Ayyubid sultan, and famous for having recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/saladin.htm
Medieval Sourcebook: Fall of Jerusalem, 1187
Excerpts Roger of Hoveden's "The Annals, comprising The History of England and of Other Countries of Europe from AD 732 to AD 1201"; describes and explains the loss of Jerusalem to Salah ed Din in 1187.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/hove...
The Age of Saladin
A profile of Salah ed Din, focussing on his legacy in Cairo.
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/cairo/history...
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.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/salahdi...
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.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0843...
Salah al-Din
A translation of an adulatory pen portrait by Salah al-Din’s Muslim biographer, bha ad-Din Ibn Shaddad.
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/worldreach/ass...
The Ayyubid Dynasty
An account of the fall of the Fatimid dynasty in Cairo, and Salah ed Din's role in establishing the Ayyubids.
http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehisto...
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).
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187...
Saladin
A brief profile of Salah ed Din, as a paragon of princely virtue.
http://members.tripod.com/~snowlion2/slaha...
The Magnanimity of Salah al Din
An article comparing how Richard the Lionheart and Salah ed Din treated the citizens of Jerusalem.
http://www.jerusalemites.org/jerusalem/isl...
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2006