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In 1099, Crusaders conquered Jerusalem.

The siege was absolutely brutal.

Christian historians note that Crusader horses were knee-deep in blood.

Even the infants were not safe.

And for almost a century after, the Muslims of Jerusalem lived under the tyranny of these crusaders.

But in the year 1187, the Takbira of Allah, the glorification of Allah, rang throughout Jerusalem.

Allahaqabur, Allahaqabr, as the crowd of Muslims recognized the source of their triumph, Salah Dine al-Aubi.

This is the story of how the legendary Salahe Dene al-Authi earned the title, Liberator of Jerusalem.

After the Battle of Manzikert, where the Byzantines were completely defeated and firmly pushed out of what is most of Anatolia,

modern to Turkey, Europe was terrified that the Muslims were going to continue pushing west and take over their lands.

From this fear, along with the recent reconquest the beginning in Andalus, the concept of the Crusades were born.

The first crusades started in 1095 and was predominantly from the French.

This came at very uncertain times for the Seljuq Empire,

as Malik Shah, the Sultan, and his grand vizier,

Nizam al-Mulq, had just died three years earlier,

leaving the Seljuq Empire relatively weak.

Taking advantage of this, the Crusaders moved

through Muslim lands easily.

And in 1097, they conquered the Seljuq capital at Iznik, the modern city of Isnik, which is the ancient city of Nicaa in modern-day Turkey.

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