A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ed in subdu- 266 üinnSTIANITY and islam, 1150-1300. ing Upper Egypt, Saladin was besieged by land and sea in Alex-andria by Amaury, and was on the eve of surrendering when thelatter concluded peace with Shirkuli because his own kingdom wasbeing once more ravaged by Nm-eddin. Matters in Egypt revertedto their old condition, and Shawer was again vizier. l>ut these couflicts were only the prelude to a revolution iu thewhole relations of the Eastern powers most eventful for the Chris-tians. King Amaury, all
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ed in subdu- 266 üinnSTIANITY and islam, 1150-1300. ing Upper Egypt, Saladin was besieged by land and sea in Alex-andria by Amaury, and was on the eve of surrendering when thelatter concluded peace with Shirkuli because his own kingdom wasbeing once more ravaged by Nm-eddin. Matters in Egypt revertedto their old condition, and Shawer was again vizier. l>ut these couflicts were only the prelude to a revolution iu thewhole relations of the Eastern powers most eventful for the Chris-tians. King Amaury, allured by the riches of the Nile-land, alliedhimself with Byzantium for the subjugation of the Fatimites. Heopened his attack in the late autumn of 1168, whereupon Shawerturned for succor to Nureddin, who by the despatch of Shirkuhquickly compelled the withdrawal of the Christians. The Kurd chief,however, himself occupying Cairo and seizing the office of died soon afterwards, and was succeeded by his nephew, whohad already won high distiuctiou as a warrior. By nature Saladin. Fig. 120. — Coin of Saladin. Cairo, 1190. Covered with Arabic inscriptions, con-tainina; the name and titles of Saladin (Iiiifini, or Calif-Achmet), name of mint-master and mint, with date of minting (ö8U=ll!)0^, and sentences of religiousimport. Original size. (Berlin.) (Fig. 120) was a born ruler, endowed with high gifts both of headand heart, and, with all his zeal for the faith, with a sense of hu-manity. He was, besides, an organizer of no ordinary abilities, anadministrator of wide views and firm hand, a friend of learning andart, and, in short, the most illustrious product of sinking Mohamed-anism. Saladin, virtually master of the kingdom of the Fatimites,on the califs death, in 1171, seized the calif ate of Egyjrt, concedingto Nureddin only the show of suzerainty. On the latters death,in 1174, the illustrious Kurd, taking advantage of the feuds thatbroke forth among his heirs, seized Da
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