History of Salahudiin Ayyuuby (Saladin)

[Samafal]

Salaams,

 

islam islam today awaits for another salahudin ayyubi or as the non muslims called him saladin. Here is history of the greatest islamic leader lived in the world in his time.

 

Saladin's History

 

 

 

 

Saladin (also called Salah al-Din) was the most modest and compassionate Middle Eastern leader to ever live! He is considered the greatest leader to ever take on the Crusaders. He came into power in 1174 A.D. At the time, the Muslims had been kicked out of Jerusalem by the Second Crusade. They went into hiding and gathered their forces to attack the Crusaders occupying Jerusalem. When they did attack, long hard battles took place. Many people died and more from the Muslim side than the Christian side because the Crusaders had a city to back them up. Finally, however the Muslims won and took back Jerusalem.

 

About Saladin: Not too many people know what Saladin looked like. Most sources say that he was small, with a short, neat beard and somewhat frail. He was a excellent listener. His normally expressionless face would light-up when spoken to. This made the speaker feel comfortable and could speak very easily. You can see how vital this characteristic would be if you had to negotiate with the Crusaders who really didn't want to negotiate in the first place. It was also seemingly a miracle that Saladin would negotiate with "infidels" (as the Muslims called them) in the first place!

 

Another characteristic that was considered shocking was how compassionate he was. He cried in front of his own advisors when he heard of his nephew's death! This may not seem like so much today, but back then a Sultan never cried in front of anyone. Including himself.

 

The next "shocking" thing about Saladin was about how modest he was. He even took orders from his own servants. Here is an example: One night, after a large battle, Saladin was extremely tired and was lying on his bed to rest. His servant ran into his tent and shook him awake and told him to sign a paper. Saladin told him to go away because he was tired. The servant ignored him and shoved the paper in his face. Saladin said angrily, "I cannot sign the paper. I have a pen but no inkwell. How will I sign it then!"

 

The servant replied,"It is right behind you."

 

Saladin smacked himself on the head,"So it is!" Then he reached around a grabbed the inkwell.

What the servant did was considered completely disrespectful and they usually were beaten for their ignorance, sometimes even killed! Saladin actually listened to the servant and fetched the inkwell himself. You can see for yourself what made Saladin such a good leader.

 

Saladin's role in the Crusader times was to lead the the Muslim army to regain Jerusalem. He was the King, but at the time, most kings went to war with their army. He took all of his army and put his maximum force on recapturing Jerusalem. The Christians had controlled Jerusalem for less than 90 years, but they had already set up they're feudal system and manors. This made it a bit harder to recapture Jerusalem. However the Muslims were fighting on familiar land which gave them a military advantage (like knowing places to hide or a place that you can attack the enemy from without being detected until the last possible second). Also they had strong hearts and the will to continue throughout the hard battles of defeat (though they won quite a few too!).

 

Eventually the Muslims did conquer Jerusalem. Through long hard battles, both armies fought with many casualties. After a while of stale-mate (in other words both armies couldn't conquer each other), King Richard the Lion Hearted and Saladin came to an agreement that the Muslims could have Jerusalem back, but it would have to be declared a free city and anyone could visit.