A fals of An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, aka Saladin, who died #OTD, 4 March 1193; found in Oxfordshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/399423 …pic.twitter.com/DSo1NbbAk1
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13th-century tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, showing Saladin on horseback engaging in combat with his adversary Richard I: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=14160&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/rus4QESLdH
Depiction of Saladin in the 15th-century Italian 'Six Ages of the World', British Library MS Add. 30359: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MSR_XVIII_2014-15_Milwright.pdf …pic.twitter.com/krNfHHYZxI
Thanks for this post
#Saladin - a great name in our history
Originally a Kurd I think?
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