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Saladin is one of the best known figures of the Middle Ages, and this study makes use of hitherto neglected Arabic sources, including unpublished manuscript material - -notably the correspondence, both private and official, of Saladin's own court -to set the whole of Saladin's career and achievements, civil and military, within the specific framework of his age.Lyons, Malcolm C. is the author of 'Saladin The Politics of the Holy War', published 1984 under ISBN 9780521317399 and ISBN 0521317398.
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