Preface to the Second Edition
Glossary of Main Names
A Note on the Arabic Sources
Map
Prologue: Separating the Man from the Myth
Chapter One: The Weakening of the Abbasid Caliph and the Sunni Revival
Chapter Two: The Turning of the Tide
Chapter Three: The Young Saladin
Chapter Four: The Battle for Egypt
Chapter Five: The Unlikely Vizier
Chapter Six: Master of Egypt
Chapter Seven: The Prize of Syria
Chapter Eight: The Meddlesome Priest: Saladin and Khabushani
Chapter Nine: Saladin and the Leper King
Chapter Ten: Sailing Close to Disaster: Saladin's Illness at Harran
Chapter Eleven: Victory at Hattin
Chapter Twelve: The Return of Jerusalem
Chapter Thirteen: The Arrival of Richard
Chapter Fourteen: A Bitter Siege of Attrition: Saladin, Richard and Jerusalem
Chapter Fifteen: Death in Damascus: Saladin's Last Days
Bibliography
Index
Dr Abdul Rahman Azzam obtained his DPhil in history from Oxford University in 1992. He is an independent scholar specialising in Islamic history and thought.
"Absorbing." - FT Weekend "The strength of Azzam's study lies in illuminating Saladin's many connections with Sunni theologians, jurists and teachers, and their mutually reinforcing activities, such as his foundation of numerous madrassas that embedded Sunni orthodoxy among the Egyptian population, but also turned out trained administrators for his growing empire." - Times Higher Education
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