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Page 177
... Crusade , Saladin's fame has outstripped the authentic , though not undra- matic , facts of his life . He was born in 1137 or 1138 into a prominent Kurdish family then at Takrīt in Mesopotamia . On the night of his birth , his father ...
... Crusade , Saladin's fame has outstripped the authentic , though not undra- matic , facts of his life . He was born in 1137 or 1138 into a prominent Kurdish family then at Takrīt in Mesopotamia . On the night of his birth , his father ...
Page 178
... crusaders re- tained little more than a precarious foothold on the Lev- antine coast , and when King Richard set ... Crusades ( 1958 ) . Sales and Excise Taxes ( P.W. ) Sales taxes are taxes imposed upon the sale of goods and services ...
... crusaders re- tained little more than a precarious foothold on the Lev- antine coast , and when King Richard set ... Crusades ( 1958 ) . Sales and Excise Taxes ( P.W. ) Sales taxes are taxes imposed upon the sale of goods and services ...
Page 505
... crusaders . Tughtigin , son of Būrī , the atabeg of Duqaq , founded a dynasty of his own ( the Būrids ) when his ... Crusade . The first crusader bands , under Walter the Penniless , were defeated at Nicaea ( 1096 ) , but the Turks ...
... crusaders . Tughtigin , son of Būrī , the atabeg of Duqaq , founded a dynasty of his own ( the Būrids ) when his ... Crusade . The first crusader bands , under Walter the Penniless , were defeated at Nicaea ( 1096 ) , but the Turks ...
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