How Saladin Ayyubi Conquered Jerusalem
It was the date of October 2, 1187 and Friday when the world's 'religious capital' and the most 'controversial' city of Jerusalem, after a gap of almost nine decades, was once again ruled by Muslims under the leadership of Sultan Saladin Ayyubi. The era had begun.
The Ayyubid flag was hoisted on the city walls and the removal of signs of Christianity from religious sites began. Exactly 833 years ago, that night of October 2 was also the night of Ascension. Jerusalem was handed over to the Muslims not as a result of battle, but as a result of an agreement between the city's Christian administrators and Saladin Ayyubi after a siege. Every inhabitant of the city could freely move to another Christian territory by paying the sum stipulated in the agreement. People who had previously been worried about possible oppression were now worried about where to get the money to buy their freedom.
On the second day of October and for several weeks to come, people from the city continued to pay. Those who could not pay continued to ask for help and thousands of them were helped by Sultan Salah al-Din Ayyubi himself and his brother Saif al-Din personally paying their ransom and many Gharba by the former Christian rulers of the city. On request, it was allowed to be paid without ransom. Historian Jonathan Phillips, in his book 'The Life and Legend of Sultan Saladin (Salahuddin)', wrote on the life of Sultan Saladin that 'the Christian citizens of Jerusalem did not get to see anything they expected.
During the Muslim siege, the women of Jerusalem had their hair cut so as not to be seen by the soldiers of the conquering army, but Phillips writes that after setting the stage for the victory and the complete capture of Jerusalem, Sultan Saladin especially Showed mercy in the case of women for which he was famous. The question arises in the mind that this sentiment of his was true? It appears that was the case. They could sell them or hand them over to their soldiers.' On the occasion of the conquest of Jerusalem, Sultan Salah al-Din Ayyubi disproved all the assumptions that might have been made based on past events in that city, and that is why it was in Europe where he was known in his time as 'blood'. Thirsty' and 'Devil's Child!' It was said
This was the same Jerusalem that, after the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, on the occasion of the entry of the Crusaders into Jerusalem, there were corpses everywhere and men, women and children were not safe from the swords of the conquerors. Author Justin Marozzi in his book 'Islamic Empires: 15 Cities That Defined a Civilization' describes the scene of the city after the Crusader conquest, citing Christian sources in the chapter on Jerusalem. As an example of the attitude of the Crusaders, he quoted one of their officials as saying, 'There were great scenes. Our soldiers beheaded the enemies. Some were thrown into the fire to cause more pain. There were piles of heads, severed feet and hands in the streets.'
The challenge of Sultan Saladin Ayyubi did not end with the victory of Jerusalem, but he realized that now the Christian world, which was struck by the news of the loss of a holy city like Jerusalem, would try to get it back. The chapter spans nearly five years, from the conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 to its successful defense in the Third Crusade, a crusade in which the great kings of Western Europe participated themselves and persuaded people from all over Europe to join the war. The worst image of the sultan was presented to him, but those who came to war not only failed to capture Jerusalem, but returned with a different image of the sultan, which, despite all the propaganda, has persisted to this day.
For example, 'Celadon Day' (Salahuddin Day) will be celebrated in Norway in October 2020 itself. The BBC Urdu Service contacted House of Literature, a Norwegian organization that has been celebrating 'International Saladin Day' since 2009, and asked them how someone in Norway got the idea to celebrate Saladin Day. The idea was first expressed in 2008 during the 200-year celebrations of Henrik Vergeland, a national poet of Norway, said Ashild Lampard Lahn, a member of the organization and curator of Saladin Day. He said that Henrik Vergeland was the poet who played an important role in introducing the amendment to the Norwegian constitution that allowed Jews to enter the country. They are considered a symbol of religious tolerance.
During the event in 2008, Norwegian author Thorvald Stein suggested that we should also celebrate a day in Salah All-in memory to promote the idea of Vergeland because he conquered Jerusalem, Ashlee Lahn said. The character displayed on the occasion is a lesson about the coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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