. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. SILVER COIN OF SALADIN STRUCK AT ALEPPO IN 11! CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE Great Truce was made, and Saladin wasfree to return to Egypt. He left his nephewFerrukh Shah in charge of Syria, and reached~ Jbeginning of 1181. The year that waspast had brought changes to many thrones. Louisle Jeune of France had died and Philip Augustushad succeeded ; Pope Lucius had. followed Alex-ander, and Alexius II. sat in the seat of theEmperor Manuel Comnenus. In Asia there hadbeen a succession in the Caliphate; el-Mus
. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. SILVER COIN OF SALADIN STRUCK AT ALEPPO IN 11! CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE Great Truce was made, and Saladin wasfree to return to Egypt. He left his nephewFerrukh Shah in charge of Syria, and reached~ Jbeginning of 1181. The year that waspast had brought changes to many thrones. Louisle Jeune of France had died and Philip Augustushad succeeded ; Pope Lucius had. followed Alex-ander, and Alexius II. sat in the seat of theEmperor Manuel Comnenus. In Asia there hadbeen a succession in the Caliphate; el-Mustady wasdead, and en-Nasir, the most energetic of the laterAbbasids, was pontiff at Baghdad. Seyf-ed-din, theAtabeg of Mosil, was gathered to his fathers, andIzz-ed-din his brother reigned in his stead. Theclose of 1181 witnessed an event of still greater im-portance to Saladin. On the 4th of DecemberNur-ed-dins heir, es-Salih Ismail, ended his gentleinoffensive life at Aleppo in a mortal attack of the 164 1181] Death of Es-Salih. 165 colic—not
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