Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Contents
A Muslim Youth -- Student and Soldier -- Conquering an Empire -- Hero of the Crusades.
Summary
Presents an illustrated biography Saladin, from his birth into a prominent Kurdish family in Tikrit, Mesopotamia, in 1138, through his wars to regain holy lands in and around Jerusalem, to his death in Damascus on March 4, 1193.