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Hello and welcome to Life of the Week from History Extra, where leading historians delve into the

lives of history's most intriguing and significant figures.

Medieval leader and military commander Saladin has gone down in history for his role in the

unification of the Muslim Near East, his capture of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and his iconic

rivalry with Richard the Lionheart.

But is this extraordinary reputation just the product of his savvy PR team?

Speaking to me, Emily Griffith, Jonathan Phillips charts the extraordinary rise of the Muslim leader

who usurped his patron before reaching dizzying heights,

and questions how his legacy has shifted and changed across the centuries.

Hi Jonathan, thank you so much for joining us on the History Extra podcast.

Hi, Emily, good to be here.

Today we are going to be delving into the life of Saladin.

And let's start with who was Saladin? Saladin was a Kurd.

He was born in 1137 in the city of Tikrit, which is now in modern Iraq. And his family grew

and moved through the hierarchy, if you like, of the Muslim Syrian rulers of the time. And he ended up, in part by usurping

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