Biography of Saladin

The book "e;Al-Nawadir Al-Sultaniyya wal-Mahasin Al-Yusufiya"e; (Sultanic Anecdotes and Yusufian Merits) is one of the most important historical sources that immortalize the biography of the great Muslim leader Saladin Ayyubi. It was written by the historian and jurist Baha' al-Din ibn Shaddad, a contemporary of the sultan and was close to his councils and battlefields. The author begins by recoun...