Directory of Ibn Ayyub, Salah al Din Yusuf Resources

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• Medieval Sourcebook: Fall of Jerusalem, 1187

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/hoveden1187.html
  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.

• Medieval Sourcebook: The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187saladin.html
  Translation of an excerpt from "De Expurgatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum" (The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187).

• Saladin

  http://lexicorient.com/e.o/saladin.htm
  A profile and timeline of the first Ayyubid Sultan, one of very few personages of the time who has managed to be positively described in both Western and Eastern sources. From Encyclopedia of the Orient.

• Saladin

  http://members.tripod.com/~snowlion2/slahadin.html
  A brief profile of Salah ed Din, as a paragon of princely virtue.

• Saladin

  http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/saladin.html
  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.

• Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub)

  http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/saladin.htm
  A biography of Saladin (Salah al-Din), with particular reference to his legacy on Cairo.

• Some Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/salahdin.html
  A collection of, and commentary on, contemporary accounts of Salah ad Din's recapture of Jerusalem.

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