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Saladin
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Saladin the Sultan
The Early Years
Saladin the Conqueror
Saladin In The 3rd Crusade
Saladin Meets The Crusaders
Saladin's Conclusion
Saladin Embarks On A Holy War
Presentation By Vinzenz Vingl
- Saladin decided to take back Jerusalem
- Wanted to either offer a truce or eliminate the enemy
- Moved quickly to fight the weakened Christian armies
- Raised in Sunni, military family
- Rose to power in Muslim society
- Became adviser to caliph
- Killed the Shiite Caliph
- Saladin was uninterested in the financial value of Egypt
- Was focused on the reconquest of crusader states
- He spent a lot of time fighting other rival muslim
- Took control of cities like Damascus, Mosul, and Aleppo
- Established family members to
governorship with his power
Born: 1137
Died: 4 March 1193
- Was willing to make a truce with the crusaders
- Wanted to save his troops to fend off other rival muslims at the time
- Had trouble with a crusader from France called Reginald of Châtillon
- Conflicted with his plan for a truce
- Was a mere annoyance to Saladin
- Richard the Lion heart demolishes most of the muslim defenders in Acre
- Saladin stay behind in Jerusalem to guard it
- He strategically avoids major battle and keeps Jerusalem, Palestine and Syria under Muslim control
- This leaves the Muslims as the victors of the 3rd Crusade
- After the 3rd Crusade Saladin returns home but dies from a fever on March the 4th, 1193
- He dies right after Richard the Lion Heart return home
- Saladin is known as a great foil to many crusaders back then but also as a generous and religious man, respected by many
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- His failure was that his truces allowed crusader to regroup in the two cities, Tyre and Ashkelon
- Pressured by higher ranked military leader Nur al-Din
- Fued almost lead to a full scaled war
- War was prevented by Nur's death
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