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Saladin
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“This is a victory opening the gates of men’s hearts.”
Saladin (1138–1193) first seen 1174 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to al-‘Adil, after the Crusaders abandoned their position near Hama and drew back to Ḥiṣn al-Akrād (1174). Abū Shāma, ed. Aḥmad and Ziyāda, vol. 1 (1958) p. 614. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 6, p. 89
“I thought of thee, amid the thrusting of their spears, While the straight browned blades quenched their thirst in our blood— ... again and again we were on the verge of destruction; nor would God have delivered us save for some [future] duty.”
Saladin (1138–1193) first seen 1177 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Turan-Shah, after the Battle of Montgisard (25 November 1177). Ibn al-Athir. Lane-Poole (1906) p. 156
“This Yemen is a treasure house...We conquered it, but up to this day we have had no return and no advantage from it. There have only been innumerable expenses, the sending out of troops...and expectations which did not produce what was hoped for in the end.”
Saladin (1138–1193) first seen 1181 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to al-‘Adil (c. 1181). Berlin 56. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 11, p. 159
“Children are brought up in the way in which their elders were brought up.”
Saladin (1138–1193) said by 1193 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Munich 113. Lyons and Jackson (1982) ch. 1, p. 3