Saladin

by Hindley, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9781844154999
• ISBN10: 1844154998
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-19
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

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 Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare. Geoffrey Hindley's sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable, many-sided man, who dominated the Middle East in his day, gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and into the Muslim world of his contemporaries.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	p. vi
Maps	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Jerusalem	p. 1
Across the Battle Lines	p. 14
The Quadrilateral of Power	p. 23
Nur-ad-Din and the Propaganda of the Jihad	p. 34
The Family of Aiyub	p. 46
Vizir of Egypt	p. 57
The Critical Years	p. 72
Triumph in the North	p. 89
Dynast and Hero	p. 105
Oh! Sweet Victory	p. 123
The Threat from the North	p. 139
Acre, the City for which the World Contended	p. 147
Saracens and Crusaders	p. 163
The Death of a Hero	p. 182
Epilogue	p. 189
Notes and Sources	p. 190
Select Bibliography	p. 195
Glossary	p. 199
Index	p. 201
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