The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin: Or al-Nawadir al-Sultaniyya wa'l-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya by Baha' Al-Din Ibn Shaddad (Crusade Texts in Translation)

by D . S . Richards (Editor), Donald Richards (Editor), Baha 'al - Din Ibn Shaddad (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $136.70

  Saladin is perhaps the only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades. This is a translation of a 12th-century account of his life and career written by Baha al-Din Ibn Shaddad who was an admirer and close associate of Saladin.