This volume tells the story of those momentous months the campaign. The crusades, the genoese and the latin east, 1187 1220s core. The battle of hattin took place on 4 july 1187, between the crusader states of the levant and the forces of the ayyubid sultan saladin. On july 2, saladin, who wanted to lure the crusaders away from their base, personally led a siege of the fortress of tiberias with part of his army. Saladins greatest victory by david nicolle goodreads.
Osprey campaign 019 hattin 1187 saladins greatest victory. It is also known as the battle of the horns of hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of kurun hattin. Battle of hattin summary the battle of hattin took place on saturday, july 4, 1187, between the crusader kingdom of jerusalem and muslim forces under saladin. How to merge pdfs and combine pdf files adobe acrobat dc.
The battle of the horns of hattin 34 july 1187 staff ride and battlefield tour prior to being taken captive, reynald was the prince of antioch through marriage, and it was in his role as prince of antioch that he started his aggressive actions against muslims in aleppo and christians in the byzantine empire. Saladins greatest victory campaign david nicolle on. Hattin 1187 by david nicolle saladin the sultan who vanquished the crusaders and built an islamic empire by john man saladin. This volume tells the story of those momentous months the campaign leading to the muslim capture of jerusalem after the disastrous crusader defeat at hattin where, in a two day running battle on the waterless plateau between saffuriya and tiberias, beneath a burning sun, saladins troops destroyed the christian army.
Saladins greatest victory campaign david nicolle on amazon. The battle of hattin was one of the most critical battles of the middle ages. On 4 july 1187 the greatest field army ever assembled by the kingdom of jerusalem was annihilated by a muslim force under the command of saladin in a pitched battle at the horns of hattin. Easily combine multiple files into one pdf document. In 1187, christian europe was shaken by events in the middle east. The study begins with a brief overview of the political economic and religious motivations behind the crusades. The muslim armies under saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the crusader forces, removing their capability to wage war. As a direct result of the battle, muslims once again became the eminent military power in the holy land. Break down large pdf documents into multiple sections or bundle together different pdf files into.
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