Saladin: The Scholar Sultan Who Retook Jerusalem and Won Over His Enemies
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Saladin: The Scholar Sultan Who Retook Jerusalem and Won Over His Enemies

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When Saladin died in Damascus, his treasury held a single piece of gold and 40 pieces of silver. This episode explores the paradox of Yusuf ibn Ayyub, a Kurdish bookworm born on the night his family was exiled from Tikrit, who unwillingly joined his uncle Shirkuh's expedition to Egypt and was underestimated when he became vizier to the young Fatimid caliph al-Adid.

We follow his quiet dismantling of the Fatimid caliphate, his consolidation of power in Syria, and the chilling night the Order of Assassins left a poisoned dagger beside his bed. From there we cover Reynald of Chatillon's provocations, the logistical masterpiece at the Battle of Hattin, his calculated mercy toward King Guy and the people of Jerusalem, and his respectful rivalry with Richard the Lionheart. We close with how his reputation was kept alive in the West and later revived in the Arab world.

  • How a reluctant Sunni scholar became vizier of Shia Fatimid Egypt and then abolished the caliphate in 1171
  • The Assassins' scones-and-dagger warning and Saladin's pragmatic peace pact with the Nizari Ismailis
  • How Saladin used heat, thirst, and smoke to destroy the Crusader army at Hattin in 1187
  • Mercy as strategy: sparing King Guy, ransoming Jerusalem, and buying back a Frankish mother's stolen baby
  • The Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart, the proposed marriage alliance, and how Saladin's legacy evolved from Dante to the Eagle of Saladin

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