The battle in July 1187 ended in the defeat and capture of crusader king Guy de Lusignan by Saladin, and was the beginning of the end of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.

In 1187, the Christian army, for reasons that have never been adequately explained, marched out into the desert, where they were virtually annihilated by a combination of thirst and Turkish arrows.

Saladin is shown to be pious and principled. He keeps his word, despite military risk; he insists on fair treatment for the vanquished; he shows tolerance even for his enemy. (It is curious that ...

The Holy City was protected by a weakened Crusader army, who attempted to show a sign of resistance against Saladin by engaging his forces at a hill top known as the Horns of Hattin in July 1187.

Memorials to him dot the Middle East today, from the heroic equestrian statue in Damascus to his colossal palace in Cairo. It was Saladin who crushed the Crusader army in 1187 at the Battle of Hattin.

Wie Saladin aussah, lässt sich heute nicht mehr rekonstruieren. Langer Bart und ein milder, fast melancholischer Blick – Cristofano Dell’Altissimos Porträt von 1560 zeigt, wie der muslimische ...

Kontakt ZeitZeichen 02.10.1187 - Sultan Saladin erobert Jerusalem Stand: 14.04.2016, 14:25 Uhr Jahrelang hatte Saladin getönt, er werde Jerusalem zurück erobern, den "Franken" wieder entreißen.

The great Muslim warrior Salah al-Din, sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, is best remembered in the West as the man who won Jerusalem back from the Crusaders in 1187 AD.