Saladin and the Saracens by David Nicolle, Angus McBride

Saladin and the Saracens by David Nicolle, Angus McBride

By David Nicolle, Angus McBride

Saladin and the Saracens КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Saladin and the Saracens: Armies of the center East, 1100-1300 (Men-at-arms 171)ByDavid NicollePublisher:Osprey Publishing1996 48PagesISBN: 0850456827PDF27 MBSalah al Din Yusif ibn Ayyub, identified to his Muslim contemporaries as al Nasi, 'The Victorious', and to an admiring Europe as Saladin, is the main well-known unmarried determine within the heritage of the Crusades, being even greater identified outdoor the English-speaking international than his Christian foe Richard the Lionheart. characteristically portrayed as a quiet, deeply non secular or even humble guy, Saladin used to be a regular made from his day and his tradition. This identify exhibits how the societies and armed forces structures that he and his successors led from defeat to eventual triumph have been way more refined than is mostly realised, and brings vividly to lifestyles the background, company, palms and armour of Saladin and the Saracens.Depositfiles sixty eight

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He carries a parasol, long a symbol of authority in the Middle East, which is based upon a detailed description of one carried in Fatimid parades. Under his embroidered tunic he wears a mail hauberk, and under his turban an iron helmet with a shagreencovered aventail. AD 1140, Siculo-Islamic-in situ Cappella Palatina, Palermo; carved wooden panels from Caliph's Palace, I I th C Fatimid-Mus. AD 1087 Fatimid-in situ Bab al Nasr, Cairo; painted paper fragments, I nh-I 2th C Fatimid-Mus. ) The interior of the late 11th-century Bab Zuwayla gate in Cairo.

Of Turkish Art, Istanbul; inlaid bronze candlestick, late 13th C The Bab Qinisrin is the best preserved medieval gate in Aleppo's walls. Unlike the gates of Cairo and Baghdad it has a 'bent' entrance, which might indicate the greater threat of Crusader attack felt by Aleppo in Nur al Din's time. D2: Tawashi cavalryman A minority of Ayyubid troops were equipped as heavily armoured horsemen for close combat. This man's helmet may be of European origin. His mail aventail is covered with silk and over his mail hauberk he wears a relatively large iron lamellar cuirass.

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