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Bereft of Arab custom, Saladin's bazaar peddles Jewish menorahs and Israeli army T-shirts instead.
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The town also has special meaning in Iraq's military history, as it is the birthplace of Muslim leader Saladin as well as Saddam.
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Outside lies the tomb of Saladin, who drove out the Crusaders.
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Saladin and Richard the Lionheart were self-advertised as credal foes but, in chroniclers' depictions, shared the great common ethos of their time: the code of chivalry.
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Located at the base of the Horns of Hattin, a large hill where Saladin, the first Sultan of Egypt, defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187.
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To prevent squabbling, two Muslim families have had guardianship of the key to the only entrance to the church since 1178 when they were entrusted with it by the Muslim ruler Salah el-Din (Saladin).
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These have included one about Saladin, the (Kurdish) warrior who drove the crusaders out of Jerusalem, a film about the Iran-Iraq war and one about the Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal in 1973.
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Without the background of Zengid politics or Islamic schisms, and without the context of the conflicts of Christendom, it is impossible for the reader to make real sense of Saladin, or a real king of Richard.
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And the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven portrays the life of Baldwin IV, king of Jerusalem, who was debilitated by leprosy but still able to win a massive victory against Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard in 1177.
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