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213 Boosayni, Dawr Noor ad-Deen fi Nahdat al-Ummah, p. 118 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p. 228 746 ibid. 747 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p. 229 748 op. cit., vol. 2, p. 228 749 ibid. ibid. 750 Taqqoosh, Tdreekh al-Ayyoobiyeen fee Misr wal Bildd ash-Sham, p. 46 751 as-Saroori, Muhammad Tdreekh al-Yaman al-Isldmi, p. 211 Taqqoosh, 752 Tdreekh al-Ayyoobiyeen fi Misr wa Bildd ash-Sham, p. 48 753 'Abd al-Hadi, Jamal, and Rif at, Wafa' Muhammad At-Tareeq ild Bayt alMaqdis, p. 96 754 ibid. ibid. 755 Taqqoosh, Tdreekh al-Ayyoobiyeen fee Misr wa Bildd ash-Sham, p. 49 756 Mara'i, Farast, Jihad al-Ayyoobiyeen wal-Mamdleek didd as-Saleebiyeen walMaghool, p. 52 757 Ibn al-Atheer, op. cit., p. 158, 159; 758 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p.227 759 as-Sartawi, Mahmood, Noor ad-Deen Zanki fil-Adab al-Arabi fee 'Asr alHuroob as-Saleebiyah, p. 116 760 as-Sartawi op. cit., p. 117 761 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, pp. 117, 118 762 Jibran, Mu'man Mahmood, and al-'Imadi, Muhammad Hasan, Dirdsah fee Tdreekh al-Ayyoobiyeen wal-Mamdleek, p. 62 763 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah zamdn Saldteen Bani Ayyoob, p. 22 764 ibid. 765 Ibn al-Jawzi, Sibt, Mar'dt az-Zamdn, vol. 8, pp. 327, 328; 766 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 22 767 al-Maqdisi op. cit., quoted in: Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 23 768 ibid. 769 al-Maqdisi op. cit., quoted in: Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 23 770 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 24 771 al-Maqdisi op. cit., quoted in: Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 24 772 al-Maqreezi, as-Sulook, vol. 1, p. 45; 773 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p.24 774 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Islamiyah, p. 24 775 Ibn Wasil, vol. 1, p. 219 776 Sayyid, p. 25 777 al-Maqreezi, as-Sulook, vol. 1, p. 47; 778 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Islami, p. 26 779 Ibn Wasil op. cit., vol. 1, p. 235; 780 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 27 Ibn Wasil op. cit., vol. 1, p. 235 781 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 27 Ibn Wasil op. cit., vol. 1, p. 235; 782 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 27 Ibn Wasil op. cit., vol. 1, p. 228; 783 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 27 al-Maqdisi op. cit., quoted in: Brockelmann, Tdreekh ash-Shu'oob al-Isldmiyah, p. 27 784 as-Sulook, vol. 1, p. 55; Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 28 al-Maqdisi op. 786 cit., quoted in: Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 28 787 Sayyid, Tdreekh Misr al-Isldmiyah, p. 28 788 Ibn al-'Adeem, Zubdat al-Halab, vol. 2, p. 339 789 as-Sartawi op. cit., p. 119 790 ; as-Sartawi op. cit., p. 119 791 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p. 308 792 ibid. ibid. al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p. 309 op. cit., vol. 2, p. 310 op. cit., vol. 2, p. 313 al-Maqdisi op. cit., vol. 2, p. 313 adh-Dhahabi, Siydr A'ldm an-Nubald\ vol. 20, p. 537 Bibliography of Salahudeen can be found in Volume 3. Appendix A Timeline of Major Events 296 AH: 'Ubayd-Allah al-Mahdi sets up Shiite Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa death of Abul Hasan al-Ash'ari — the scholar whose Sunni beliefs were followed by the Ayubid state 358 AH: Fatimids enter Egypt 443 AH: Demise of Fatimid State in North Africa title of Manzikert — Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan deals a blow to the Byzantine forces 479 AH: The Battle of Sagrajas — Almoravids victory against Spanish Christians in Andalusia 488 AH: Pope Urban IPs speech that roused support for the first crusade Beginning of the first crusade 490 AH: Franks seize Antioch 492 AH: Jerusalem occupied by Crusaders tle of Merzifon — Seljuk Turks victory over the Crusaders 494 AH: The first Battle of Heraclea — William, Count of Nevers, was dealt a total loss by the Seljuk Turks The second Battle of Heraclea — French and German armies led by William IX Duke of Aquitaine and Welf IV Duke of Bavaria are defeated by the Seljuks. 497 AH: The Battle of Balikh — The Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa under Crusader rule fought against the Seljuk Turks. The outcome was victory for the Muslims. 500 AH: The death of Kilij Arslan, the ruler of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum 513 AH: The Battle of Ager Sanguinis (The Field of Blood) — Muslim victory over the Crusaders. The sheer amount of deaths on the side of the Crusaders inspired the name, 'Field of Blood.' 532 AH: The birth of Salah Ad Deen Al – Ayubi 539 AH: The conquest of Edessa by Imad ad Deen Zangi Jacobite Bishop Basil handed the city over to Zangi after 30 days of siege. 542 AH: Beginning of 2nd Crusade The Seljuks destroy the German army — Sultan Mas'ood, Emir of the Seljuks of Rum, handed defeat to the Germans under Konrad III. 543 AH: Muslim victory of Damascus against Frankish forces of King Louis VII 559 AH: -Deen Zangi's first campaign against Egypt — to secure Egypt from Fatimid control (Salah ad-Deen, at age 17, joined this venture) adDeen Zangi's second campaign against Egypt — Shawar, vizier of Cairo, sought help from Amalric I, King of Jerusalem agains Noor ad-Deen, but help did not come and Noor ad-Deen took control of western part of the country. 562 AH: The Battle of Babayn — The Franks and the Egyptians were defeated by the cunning military expertise of Noor ad-Deen's commander, Salah ad-Deen's uncle, Asad ad-Deen Shirkuh. The siege of Alexandria — Asad ad-Deen gained control without fighting.