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May 2023
27m 36s

Saladin 19 - The Battle of Hattin

ISLAMIC HISTORY PODCAST
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As-Salaamu Alaikum, welcome back to Islamic History Exclusive.  This is the podcast exclusively for Patreon subscribers of the Islamic History Podcast.  In this series, we are going over the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi known to the west as Saladin.  In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing the Battle of Hattin. But before we get into that, let’s begin wi ... Show More
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