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Portrait of Saladin (1560) by Cristofano Dell Altissimo. Getty
Portrait of Saladin (1560) by Cristofano Dell Altissimo. Getty
The story behind Saladin: Charting the life of the rallying historic figure of the Arab world
British academic Jonathan Phillips tells how he compiled his richly textured tale of the ruler