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» Medieval Sourcebook: Fall of Jerusalem, 1187
   Excerpts Roger of Hoveden's "The Annals, comprising The History of England and of Other Countries of Europe from AD 732 to AD 1201"; describes and explains the loss of Jerusalem to Salah ed Din in 1187.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/hoveden1187.html

» Medieval Sourcebook: The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin
   Translation of an excerpt from "De Expurgatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum" (The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187).
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187saladin.html

» Saladin
   A biography of the Kurdish warrior who came to establish the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, led an alliance against the Crusaders, but failed to conquer the Assassins.
   http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0843183.html

» Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub)
   A biography of Saladin (Salah al-Din), with particular reference to his legacy on Cairo.
   http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/saladin.htm

» Some Medieval Accounts of Salah al-Din's Recovery of Jerusalem (Al-Quds)
   A collection of, and commentary on, contemporary accounts of Salah ad Din's recapture of Jerusalem.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/salahdin.html

» The Magnanimity of Salah al Din
   An article comparing how Richard the Lionheart and Salah ed Din treated the citizens of Jerusalem.
   http://www.jerusalemites.org/jerusalem/islam/36.htm