The Life of Saladin

Yūsuf ibn Rāfiʻ Ibn Shaddād, Sir Charles William Wilson, Claude Reignier Conder

Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1897 - Crusades - 420 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER: 5
• His love of justice: 14
• Of his patience and of his trust in the mercy of God: 27
• Instances of his kindness and tolerance: 33
• PART II: 46
• Death of Asad edDin The chief authority devolves upon the Sultan Salah edDin: 55
• The expedition of the Franks against Damietta which may God preserve: 56
• Relates how he met his father: 59
• First expedition undertaken by the Sultan out of Egypt: 62
• Death of Nejm edDin Ayub the Sultans father X Death of Nur edDin Mahmud son of Zenghi may the mercy of God be upon him: 65
• The Franks attack the defences of Alexandria may God protect: 66
• The Sultan goes into Syria and takes possession of Damascus XIV Seif edDin sends his brother Izz edDin to oppose the Sultan: 67
• Defeat sustained at Ramla: 75
• The Sultan returns into Syria: 77
• Death of elMelek esSaleh Izz edDin enters Aleppo: 79
• Izz edDin exchanges Aleppo for the territory of his brother Imad edDin Zenghi: 80
• The Sultan returns from Egypt: 81
• The Sultan appears once more before Mosul: 83
• The Sultan returns to Syria: 86
• Expedition to Ain Jalut: 88
• He undertakes an expedition against elKerak: 91
• He gives the city of Aleppo to his brother elMelek elAdel: 92
• Our deputation arrives at the Sultans Court: 94
• The Sultans second expedition against elKerak: 95
• The Sultans second expedition against Mosul: 98
• Death of ShahArmen Prince of Khelat: 100
• The people of Mosul make peace with the Sultan: 102
• The Sultan returns to Syria: 103
• ElMelek elAdel goes into Egypt and elMelek ezZaher returns to Aleppo: 104
• The Sultan makes preparations for an expedition against elKerak: 108
• Taking of the Holy City elKuds eshSherif: 118
• Capture of Jebela and Laodicea: 129
• The Sultan marches against Shakif Arnun This: 141
• motive: 147
• The war at Acre: 154
• and of several other chieftains: 180
• grant us the conquest of that city l 198 LXXVI I Burning of the enemys mangonels 202 LXXVIII Stratagem by means of which a large ship from: 204
• army: 212
• Adventure of Moezz edDin 219 LXXXVII Imad edDin requests leave to depart: 222
• Fight at the ambush: 229
• garrison open negotiations with the Franks: 261
• The enemy sends to communicate with us that: 287
• ElMelek elAdel sends a message to the King: 307
• Shirkuh ibn Bakhel the Kurd makes his escape from Acre where he was kept a prisoner: 309
• ElMelek elAdel sends me on a mission to the Sultan attended by several Emirs: 310
• A messenger takes elAdels answer to the King of Englands proposal: 312
• The Franks come out from Jaffa: 313
• Death of elMelek elMozaffer Taki edDin: 314
• A despatch arrives from Baghdad: 315
• The Lord of Sidon comes on an embassy from the Marquis: 317
• Ambush where Aiyaz elMehrani testifies for the faith: 318
• ElMeleks interview with the King of England: 320
• The King of Englands message to the Sultan: 321
• An ambassador arrives from the King of England: 322
• A council is held as to whether it will be better to treat with the King of England or the Marquis: 323
• The Sultan encamps on Tell elJezer: 325
• Departure of elMelek elAdel: 328
• Departure of the Marquiss ambassador: 329
• Seif edDin elMeshtub recovers his freedom: 330
• Return of the ambassador from the Lord of Tyre: 332
• and what happened to him: 333
• Arrival of the Greek ambassador CXLVIII ElMelek elAdel and the country beyond the: 334
• Euphrates: 335
• The Franks seize edDarun: 337
• Skirmish in on the outskirts of Tyre: 338
• Arrival of Moslem troops to take part in the Holy War: 339
• The enemy makes preparations to advance against Jerusalem: 340
• The enemy halts at BeitNuba: 341
• The caravan from Egypt is captured: 342
• Recall of elMelek elAfdal CLVII The enemy withdraw into their own territorycause of their retreat 347: 347
• Count Henry sends an ambassador: 353
• CHAPTER PAGE CLIX The Franks send their ambassador once more to negotiate a peace: 354
• The Frank ambassador returns for the third time: 356
• The ambassador returns: 358
• The Sultans expedition: 360
• Siege of Jaffa: 361
• Capture of Jaffa events in that city: 364
• How the citadel remained in the enemys hands: 368
• Fresh negotiations concerning peace: 371
• New forces arrive: 376
• Arrival of elMelek elMansur son of Taki edDin: 377
• The Sultan goes to Ramla: 378
• The King agrees to give up Ascalon: 380
• Peace is concluded: 384
• Demolition of Ascalon: 387
• Return of the Moslem armies to their homes: 389
• Arrival of an ambassador from Baghdad: 390
• ElMelek ezZaher sets out on his return to his own dominions but the Sultan is anxious about him: 392
• The Sultan leaves Jerusalem: 393
• The Sultan returns to Damascus: 396
• Arrival of elMelek elAdel: 397
• The Sultan goes out to meet the Haj: 398
• The Sultans illness: 400
• ElAfdal receives the oaths of allegiance: 403
• Death of the Sultanmay God have mercy upon him and sanctify his soul: 405

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Life of Saladin; Volume 13 of Library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society
• Authors: Yūsuf ibn Rāfiʻ Ibn Shaddād, Sir Charles William Wilson, Claude Reignier Conder
• Contributor: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (London, England).
• Publisher: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1897
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 28, 2005
• Length: 420 pages