The Life of Saladin

by H.A.R. Gibb

Book Overview

Saladin, the Kurdish founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty, conquered Jerusalem in 1187 and repelled the Crusaders. Though England's Richard I later defeated him, Saladin's legend has become enshrined in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863569285
• ISBN13: 9780863569289
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Read

The book is relatively short but its concise and to the point. It gives a pretty decent background to Saladin's life and if read in conjunction with Baha-al Din's Biography if Saladin its even better. I used both books for a research paper and they helped quite a lot.