Jerusalem. The Biography

Tyerman 350–72. Saladin splits infantry from knights: Housley,
Fighting for the Cross
124–6.
15 Saladin takes Jerusalem: Shaddad 77–8; Shaddad joins service of Saladin 80; visits to Jerusalem for festivals 89.
Continuation
55–67. Al-Athir quoted in Gabrieli 139–46; Imad al-Din 146–63 (women).
Saladin
271–7; campaign after Jerusalem 279–94. Runciman 2.461–8. Fall of the city: Michael Hamilton Burgoyne, ‘1187–1260: The Furthest Mosque (al-Masjid al-Aqsa) under Ayyubid Rule’, in
Sacred Esplanade
151–75.
16 Saladin, character, career, family, court: this is based on the primary sources Ibn Shaddad and Imad al-Din; on Lyons and Jackson,
Saladin
; and R. StephenHumphreys,
From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus 1193–1260
. Shaddad: early life 18; beliefs and character 18; modesty, old man, crises with Taki al-Din, justice 23–4; lack of interest in money 25; illness 27, 29; jihad 28–9; crucifixion of Islamic heretic 20; visits to Jerusalem 28; sadness over Taki 32; court life, asceticism 33; fill of worldly pleasures 224; mud on clothes 34; geniality like Prophet holding hands until released 35; Frankish baby 36; rise to power 41–53; favourite son 63; special advice to Zahir on ruling 235; crises and conflict with amirs and grandees 66; swap of Zahir and Safadin 70.
Youth in Damascus polo,
Saladin
1–29; debauchery satire of Taki 118–20; challenges of Taki and sons 244–6; distribution of new conquests 279–94; war 364–74. Saladin’s style of ruling: Humphreys,
Ayyubids
15–39. Saladin’s mistakes: al-Athir quoted in Gabrieli 180. As court physician to Saladin and Taki al-Din, sex life: Kraemer,
Maimonides
, doctor of Qadi al-Fadil and then Saladin 188–92; 197–201; Saladin’s 212 and 215; doctor of al-Afdal 446; Taki al-Din 446–8.
17 Saladin and Islamic Jerusalem. Ibn Shaddad in charge of Jerusalem, Salahiyya Shafii madrassa, appoints governors:
Saladin
236–7. Imad al-Din: Gabrieli 164–75, including Taki al-Din and princes cleaning the Haram, opening up of Rock, robe for preacher, Citadel of David restored with mosques; convent for Sufis in patriarch house, Shafii madrassa in St Anne’s; Adil encamped in Church of Zion. Turkish military tactics: Housley,
Fighting for the Cross
111–14; Saladin’s multinational army 228; Saladin’s image 229–32. Ayyubid architecture on the Haram: Burgoyne, ‘1187–1260: The Furthest Mosque (al-Masjid al-Aqsa) under Ayyubid Rule’,
Sacred Esplanade
151–75. Saladin and Afdal’s buildings and changes: Hiyari in Asali,
Jerusalem
169–72 and Donald P. Little, ‘Jerusalem under the Ayyubids and Mamluks’, in Asali,
Jerusalem
177–83. Saladin’s madrassa,
khanqah
, Muristan/ Afdal’s Mosque of Omar: Bahat,
Atlas
104–7. Qubbat al-Miraj – Dome of Ascension, either Crusader baptistery or built with Crusader spolia; Bab al-Silsila built with Crusader spolia: Burgoyne,
Mamluk Jerusalem
47–8.
Armenian Jerusalem: Hintlian,
History of the Armenians in the Holy Land
1–5; Muazzam pays for Armenian building 43.
Jewish return, Harizi: Prawer,
History of the Jews in the Latin Kingdom
134 and 230. Saladin invitation and return: Yehuda al-Harizi quoted in Peters,
Jerusalem
363–4. Prawer,
Latin Kingdom
233–47.
On the Nusseibehs: see Mujir al-Din who saw Saladin’s signature on appointment to Sepulchre/Khanqah Salahiyya. Hazem Zaki Nusseibeh,
The Jerusalemites: A Living Memory
395–9.
18 Richard and Third Crusade: unless otherwise stated, this portrait of Richard I is based on John Gillingham,
Richard I
. Crisis on second march to Jerusalem: Shaddad 20–122; sadness over Taki death 32; fury over amirs’ refusal to fight at Jaffa 34.
Continuation
92–121. Runciman 3.47–74.
Acre: Shaddad 96–8; arrival of Richard 146–50; fall and killing of prisoners 162–5; infant child 147; killing of Frank prisoners 169; negotiations with Adil and Richard 173–5; Arsuf 174–80; inspection of Jerusalem 181; Adil and Richard letters 185; marriage 187–8, 193; best course is jihad 195; marriage to Richard’s niece 196; winter in Jerusalem 197; advance on Jerusalem/attack on Egyptian caravan 205–7; crisis at Jerusalem; love of city move mountains 210–12; prayers in Jerusalem 217; Jaffa red-haired Richard 223; Saladin no worldly pleasures 224; Jerusalem walls 226; Richard ill 227; Treaty of Jaffa visitors to Jerusalem, Saladin and Adil to Jerusalem 231–4; Saladin’s advice to son Zahir 235; Shaddad in charge of