Article: Saladin: Hero of Islam.(Brief article)(Book review)

Transcript: Profile: Twelfth-century Muslim warrier and statesman ...
NPR Morning Edition;  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... century Muslim warrier and statesman Saladin, Islam's biggest historical hero, is ... s leading Muslim character, Saladin, holds particular interest for ... Middle East. On July 4th, 1187, Saladin's forces defeated the crusader ...

Article: Saladin.(Saladin: Noble Prince of ...
Biography;  June 22, 2003 ;     376 words ...Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam. Diane Stanley. New York: HarperCollins ... handled gently but respectfully, and Saladin's military skills, compassion and ... Stanley makes a strong case that Saladin, both as warrior and peacetime ruler ...

Article: Diane Stanley Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam.
The Horn Book Magazine;  January 1, 2003 ;     508 words ... ... biography of twelfth-century Muslim ruler Saladin documents the skills in government, the ... particular interest are the conflicts between Saladin and Richard the Lion-Hearted, the romanticized ... actually met). The book concludes with Saladin's death, but an insightful postscript ...

Article: The Book of Saladin.(Review)
World Literature Today;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... issues and big themes. The Book of Saladin is the second novel in an intended ... treating the confrontation between Islam and Christianity. The first novel ... fall of Islam in Spain. The Book of Saladin is the story of the rise of Sultan ...

Article: Britain's Prince Charles tours workshop restoring Jerusalem's ...
AP Worldstream;  October 27, 2004 ;     417 words ... ... to see progress on the restoration of Saladin's Pulpit, which belongs to Jerusalem' Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest shrine. The pulpit ... The Islamic Trust has said the pulpit of Saladin, the Muslim warrior who recaptured Jerusalem ...

Article: The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2008 ;     521 words ... ... 629/1193-1231; the Ayyubids after Saladin and the Mongol menace. Ibn al-Athir ... abstracted from his larger history of Islam in general. It begins with the state of the Ayyubid empire when Saladin died, and traces the subsequent relations ...

Article: Saladin
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ... ... was succeeded by Saladin. Saladin later caused the name of the ... too powerful subordinate, Saladin proclaimed himself sultan of ... became the principal warrior of Islam. Gathering a large force of ... Christians matched against Muslims. Saladin won brilliantly, capturing ...