How Palestine was liberated: The context and the background
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Figures and legends don’t tell the whole story There is no Muslim leader throughout history after the Rashidun Caliphs that is more renowned and celebrated till this day than Salaah ud-Deen (known in the West by his Latinized name Saladin). But, while the great commander and the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty was famous for liberating Jerusalem nearly a hundred years after the horrific massacre of the Holy City, the struggle for Jerusalem’s liberation did not begin with his command, nor did the liberation of Palestine and the rest of the Levant end with his death. Several brave leaders fought against enemies from within and from without to pave the way to that liberation, and it would take another century before the Crusaders were finally and completely repelled from the region.
How Palestine was liberated: The context and the background
How Palestine was liberated: The context and…
How Palestine was liberated: The context and the background
Figures and legends don’t tell the whole story There is no Muslim leader throughout history after the Rashidun Caliphs that is more renowned and celebrated till this day than Salaah ud-Deen (known in the West by his Latinized name Saladin). But, while the great commander and the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty was famous for liberating Jerusalem nearly a hundred years after the horrific massacre of the Holy City, the struggle for Jerusalem’s liberation did not begin with his command, nor did the liberation of Palestine and the rest of the Levant end with his death. Several brave leaders fought against enemies from within and from without to pave the way to that liberation, and it would take another century before the Crusaders were finally and completely repelled from the region.