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Saladin
said
This Yemen is a treasure house...We conquered it, but up to this day we have had no return and no advantage from it.
— Letter to al-‘Adil (c. 1181). Berlin 56. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 11, p. 159
Saladin
Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
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Lived 1138–1193, aged 55
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He took Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 and became the figure both sides of a religious war could admire. A Kurdish commander who rose through treachery and talent to found a dynasty, Saladin remains the most famous Kurd in history and one of the few medieval Muslim leaders the West never turned into a monster.
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Born around 1137, Saladin went to Egypt in 1164 as part of his uncle Shirkuh's mercenary contingent serving the Zengid dynasty, originally to reinstall a vizier for the teenage Fatimid caliph. After his uncle died in 1169, Saladin became vizier himself, then quietly dismantled the Shia Fatimid Caliphate from within and realigned Egypt with the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate in 1171. He seized Syria after his Zengid patron died in 1174, taking Damascus peacefully and defeating rival Zengid lords at the Battle of the Horns of Hama in 1175, becoming sultan of Egypt and Syria. His Ayyubid army shattered…
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Saladin
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I thought of thee, amid the thrusting of their spears, While the straight browned blades quenched their thirst in our blood— ...
— Letter to Turan-Shah, after the Battle of Montgisard (25 November 1177). Ibn al-Athir. Lane-Poole (1906) p. 156
Saladin
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This is a victory opening the gates of men’s hearts.
— Letter to al-‘Adil, after the Crusaders abandoned their position near Hama and drew back to Ḥiṣn al-Akrād (1174). Abū Shāma, ed. Aḥmad and
Saladin
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Children are brought up in the way in which their elders were brought up.
— Munich 113. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 1, p. 3
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