Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (c. 1138-1193), popularly known in the West as Saladin, is a rare figure in Middle Eastern history that earned the respect of Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike. He is primarily known for defeating the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin and recapturing Jerusalem in 1187. Like anybody, he had flaws, but history upholds him as a paragon of chivalry, compassion, and generosity. As the French Historian Rene Grousset said, “[Saladin’s] generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism... won him no less popularity in Frankish Syria than in the lands of Islam.” Saladin was a Muslim Sultan, but he is also a universal figure.
1- "Victory is changing the hearts of your opponents by gentleness and kindness".
2- "It is not the custom of Kings to kill Kings".
3- "European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat".
4- "I warn you against shedding blood, indulging it it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps".
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