Saladin

Book Description

This is the first serious biography of Saladin in over 20 years and the first ever by a non Western scholar.

This is the first major biography of Saladin, arguably the greatest figure in Islamic history, for 20 years. As famous today as he was when he drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem, the real Saladin has dissolved into legend with each retelling of his story. This book seeks to redress the balance.

• A unique non-Western perspective on the life of a heroic leader who united Sunni and Shi’ite against the infidel, this is the first biography of Saladin by a Muslim historian in English
• Offers a context for today’s struggles in the Middle East
• Contains dispatches and letters of his most trusted adviser and secretary of state, al-Qadi al-Fadil, which reflect Saladin’s motives and ideals

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Weakening of the Abbasid Caliph and the Sunni Revival
Chapter 2 The Turning of the Tide
Chapter 3 The Young Saladin
Chapter 4 The Battie for Egypt
Chapter 5 The Unlikely Vizier
Chapter 6 Master of Egypt
Chapter 7 The Prize of Syria
Chapter 8 The Meddlesome Priest: Saladin and al-Khabushani
Chapter 9 Saladin and the Leper King
Chapter 10 Sailing Close to Disaster: Saladin’s Illness at Harran
Chapter 11 Victory at Hattin
Chapter 12 The Return of Jerusalem
Chapter 13 The Arrival of Richard
Chapter 14 A Bitter Siege of Attrition: Saladin, Richard
Chapter 15 Death in Damascus: Saladin’s Last Days

中文：

书名：萨拉丁

这是20多年来第一本关于萨拉丁的严肃传记，也是第一本由非西方学者撰写的传记。

这是20年来萨拉丁的第一本重要传记，他可以说是伊斯兰历史上最伟大的人物。就像今天他把十字军赶出耶路撒冷时一样出名，真正的萨拉丁随着他的故事的每一次重述都变成了传奇。这本书试图纠正这一平衡。

• 这是一个独特的非西方视角，讲述了一位团结逊尼派和什叶派反对异教徒的英雄领袖的生活，这是穆斯林历史学家第一本用英语撰写的萨拉丁传记
• 为今天在中东的挣扎提供了一个背景
• 包含他最信任的顾问和国务卿al-Qadi al-Fadil的快递和信件，反映了萨拉丁的动机和理想

目录表

第一章阿巴斯王朝哈里发的削弱和逊尼派的复兴
第二章潮起潮落
第三章年轻的萨拉丁
第四章埃及之战
第五章不太可能的维兹尔
第六章埃及大师
第七章叙利亚奖
第八章好管闲事的牧师：萨拉丁和哈布沙尼
第九章撒拉丁和麻风之王
第十章濒临灾难：萨拉丁在哈兰的疾病
第十一章哈廷的胜利
第十二章耶路撒冷的回归
第十三章理查的到来
第14章归因的痛苦胜利：理查德·萨拉丁
第15章大马士革的死亡：萨拉丁的最后日子