Saladin

@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Saladin & The Ayyubid Dynasty - Saladin's Eagle, and Saladin's Citadel

Saladin For many people, Saladin is a Saracen Sultan in Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Talisman", but he did really exist. In Egypt he is a great hero, and in Europe he had a reputation for being extr...

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@ceky321 · 2 years ago

Saladin - “King of Egypt and Syria

Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, or simply Saladin, was born in 1138 in Iraq in present-day Tikrit. As one of the sons of General Najm ad-Din Ayyub, of Kurdish descent, he spent his chi...

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@Ms_Banana24 · 3 years ago

The Kingdom of Heaven

In 1184 France, Balian, a blacksmith, is haunted by the recent suicide of his wife. A Crusader passing through the village introduces himself as Baron Godfrey of Ibelin, Balian's father, and asks him...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Eagle as an Heraldic Symbol of Empire

A single eagle, single-headed or double-headed, turns up in the symbology of empires throughout history. As a symbol of a ruler, we find eagles in the Antiquities. For the Greeks it was a symbol of Z...

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@Frank.1in · 2 years ago

Medieval Strategies or How the Bee Helped the Crusaders to Capture the Fortress

Hello everybody! Along with discoveries in the universe, modern technology and engineering, I am fond of history. Including military history. I am not a supporter of wars, but plunging into historical...

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@Mictorrani · 1 year ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 19

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 18 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 18:1 What are the lo...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Muslim & Arab Flags and their Symbolism

As I mentioned in a previous article, strictly it is haram (forbidden) with a symbol of Islam. That doesn't mean that Muslim countries must not have symbols, although the Islamic view has influenced...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Fatimids of Egypt, The Only Shi'ite Caliphate in History

I. The Fatimid Dynasty and its Origin The Fatimid movement, a branch of Shia Islam, started with an Ismaili sect in Salamiyah, in Syria, and the eighth imam, Abdullāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismā'īl. Throug...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Retrospection 2

In Retrospection 1 , I explained why I am writing this series, and I brought up my old topic, Japanology. This time we will look at another large topic in my production here, Egyptology - and on my...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Index over my Articles at Read-cash

Since I am writing about a large number of topics, it is hard for readers to find my writings on a specific subject. For that reason, I have decided to provide a tool which will be useful in applicab...

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@SyedNabeel916 · 2 days ago

Greatest Warrior Of Islam

Two of the most renowned warriors in Islamic history are Khalid ibn al-Walid and Saladin (Salah ad-Din). Khalid ibn al-Walid:, known as the "Sword of God," was a 7th-century military commander who p...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

What is a King's Ransom, and which King was that?

When something is worth a King's ransom, it is worth much money, that is easily understood, and the expression has been used in that way in English since about 1525. But who is the king for whom ther...

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@AnsleyLivy · 3 years ago

History : Hashashin the myth and figure of the Assassin

There is a story about an old man in the mountains who trains and leads an elite army of assassins who obey his orders. When an official visited, the old man demonstrated the quality of his troops by...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Muslim Titles: Caliph, Sultan, Vizier

In my articles about Egypt, I refer to rulers as Caliph or Sultan,or a chief officer as Vizier. It can be confusing to some readers what these titles really mean, so I want briefly to explain the hist...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Ottoman Egypt, Muhammad Ali & his Dynasty

Introduction In 1517, the Ottoman Turks took Egypt, which then was a Mamluk sultanate. It had declined terribly during its last years and the country was breaking down. The Mamluks, however, retained...

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@BaldurThorLoki · 3 years ago

Assassins

They represented the order of the most notorious murderers in the world. For almost two centuries, from 1090 to 1273, the Order of Assassins played a unique and gruesome role in the Middle East. The...

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@Yousaf · 3 years ago

Al Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلْأَقْصَىٰ‎, romanized: al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā, IPA: [ʔælˈmæsdʒɪd ælˈʔɑqsˤɑ] (About this soundlisten), "the Farthest Mosque"), located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is...

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@Humanpsychology · 2 years ago

Both loved and Hated-Knights Templar

The story of the Knights Templar begins with the Crusades. The Crusades had two purposes; Intercepting Islam and retaking Jerusalem, which has been ruled by Muslims since the 7th century. The First...

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@Erinn · 3 years ago

Opinion on sexism

I'm not ashamed to admit, I'm a sexist person personally. I don't think sexism is bad. Until today, if a girl was standing on the bus and I was old, I would not let that happen. When I would return a...

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@dark_spirit666 · 3 years ago

We All Perform bid'ah

Trying to consistently record anything that comes to mind into a piece of writing. Whether people read it or not, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is to keep writing whatever it is. So, on...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

The Seven Wonders of the World - Old & New Lists

Obviously, making lists is inherently human. We find lists everywhere about everything. Combine that with the human obsession with number seven, the first list coming to mind is that over the seven wo...

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@virtualvariety · 3 years ago

Do you know the history of the Knights Templar?

Source- Pixabay In Virtual Variety, we like to investigate on many topics, especially when it comes to history, religions are the point of discussion in many parts of the world, however we can talk a...

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@Shathi · 3 years ago

Great story of a marriage! .

Great story of a marriage! . Nazmuddin Ayub, the father of Sultan Saladin Ayub, was unmarried for a long time. While he was the emir of Tikrit, his brother Asaduddin Sherkuh asked, -O my brothe...

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@ilias1996 · 3 years ago

Today I will discuss some of the greatest warriors in the history of human civilization.

As the saying goes, 'first a ten-year-old, then his meritorious'. This is especially true of warriors. Those warriors who looked terrible and who looked very strong, in most cases they won the war....

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