This powerpoint is a detailed revision resource for the Crusades paper of the A-Level History course. It details who Saladin was, his role in the crusades, and how he can be argued to be the most important individual in the crusades. The powerpoint compares him to Alexius I in order to work on comp...
Saladin
The most important individual of the crusades
, Who was Saladin?
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- Saladin (1137-1193) was the vizier and later Sultan diplomatic
agreements Strong and experienced
of Egypt military leader
- In his formative years he learnt political and
military leadership from two mentors (Nur ad-Din
and his uncle Shirkuh)
- Saladin showed strong leadership in his youth
where he acted as his Uncle’s second in command Saladin’s
and was instrumental in helping him secure control Traits
of Egypt
- These experiences of military campaigns
helped build him into the strong leader he
was shown to be in the crusades
Was no stranger to Had vast control
- Throughout his rule as Sultan of Egypt and Syria, violence but did not like and became
Saladin was faced with many challenges to use it and advised his Sultan of Egypt
- One of these was keeping the Seljuk Turks at son Zahir against it and Syria
bay (according to Simon
Sebag Montefiore)
- He signed a treaty with the Byzantine Empire
against the Turks
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