Saladin
The Triumph of the Sunni Revival
$44.81
- Paperback
282 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2014
Summary
Over 800 years since his death, Saladin’s fame as the Muslim liberator of Jerusalem, the great foe of Richard the Lionheart and the paragon of justice and nobility remains as powerful as it was during his lifetime.
In this new edition, the author A. R. Azzam traces the historical rise of the great Kurdish general and the dramatic events that led to his famous victory at the battle of Hattin. The author also examines how Saladin became a legend in his own lifetime and how and why the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781903682876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1903682878 |
| Author: | Abdul Rahman Azzam |
| Publisher: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Imprint: | The Islamic Texts Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 282 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 435g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“Absorbing.” - FT Weekend “The strength of Azzam’s study lies in illuminating Saladin’s many connections with Sunni theologians, jurists and teachers, and their mutually reinforcing activities, such as his foundation of numerous madrassas that embedded Sunni orthodoxy among the Egyptian population, but also turned out trained administrators for his growing empire.” - Times Higher Education
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Dr Abdul Rahman Azzam obtained his DPhil in historyfrom Oxford University in 1992. He is an independent scholarspecialising in Islamic history and thought.
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