Saladin and the Saracens

EDITOR: MARTIN WINDROW
SALADINAND
THE SARACENS

Text by
DAVID NICOLLE Ph.D

Colour plates by
ANGUS McBRIDE

Dedication

For Tinette, for whom the world moved once at
Karak and twice at Ajlun.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Nicolle, David

Saladin & the Saracens: Armies of the Middle
East 1 100-1300. (Men-at-Arms series; 171)
1. Armies Near East History 2. Islamic
Empire History 750-1 258

I. Title II. Series
355'-°°956 UA830
ISBN 0-85045-682-7

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