Your thoughts on Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (Saladin) ?
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Just recently saw the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" this afternoon, and the character of Saladin caught my eye and attention.
The ending part when he enters Jerusalem and picks up a fallen Crucifix and places it back on the Church Altar got me goosebumps!
Was it safe to say he was a fair ruler? Did he treat Jews, Christians and Muslims equally?
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He was a great Sultan, the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty. He is well known for retaking Jerusalem from the Christian Crusaders...!
I love how he speaks in the movie, or , how the actor who plays as him speaks. lol.
It makes me want to learn Arabic language.
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The movie Kingdom of Heaven is replete with historical inaccuracies - Balian of Ebelin was a ruthless murderer not the righteous man they portray him to be.....he slaughtered all Muslims within the walls of Jerusalem !
Saladin was, in many ways, a reflection of our Caliphs of Old - who was just & fair to his subjects & to his enemies !
And Muslims, Jews & Christians were not treated equally in those times by anyone - Equality of this nature is a very recent thing but as a King he was fair to all of them !
Thank you @Armstrong , i knew that there would always be some inaccuracies in hollywood movies. It was very interesting to see siege warefare implemented by his forces. Was it historically accurate in the portrayal of siege warfare?
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I'm not a military historian so I wouldn't know but @AUSTERLITZ is probably the best person to talk about that !
@AUSTERLITZ , your views, sir?
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Very good strategist,excellent politician and inspirational ledaer,practical commander with excellent understanding of logistics .Good siege warfare record.But Mediocre field battle tactician.
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Initially he wasn't as good in character and did the same mistakes which were common for rulers at that time, i.e. abuse of power and killing of opposition. He then got defeated and his army was shattered, he narrowly escaped death in that war.
After that he reunited all tribes, made a grand army and vowed to dedicate his life for liberation of Jerusalem. He fought several wars to reclaim it and then to retain it till his death. It is said that he became very noble, humble and clever in his strategies after suffering that defeat. After conquering Jerusalem, he did showed mercy to Jews and Christians and didn't order massacre unlike Crusaders.
After that he reunited all tribes, made a grand army and vowed to dedicate his life for liberation of Jerusalem. He fought several wars to reclaim it and then to retain it till his death. It is said that he became very noble, humble and clever in his strategies after suffering that defeat. After conquering Jerusalem, he did showed mercy to Jews and Christians and didn't order massacre unlike Crusaders.
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and you would me amazed to know that he was also labelled by muslim extremist of that time as murtad and his army as murtad army because of his peace agreement with queen of georgia now u know what kind of BS we are facing in Pakistan
now u know what kind of BS we are facing in Pakistan
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I don't know what he was really like but the movie surely made him look like a good guy.
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