Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments (page xi)
- Introduction (page 1)
- 1 Egypt before Saladin (page 11)
- 2 Saladin before the Egyptian expedition (page 25)
- 3 Saladin and the campaigns of Shirkuh in Egypt (page 35)
- 4 Saladin's accession to the Fatimid vizirate (page 61)
- 5 Saladin as Fatimid vizir (page 69)
- 6 The new master of Egypt and Nur al-Din (page 97)
- 7 Saladin's first campaign in Syria (page 117)
- 8 Consolidation of power in Egypt and Syria (page 155)
- 9 Saladin's war against Mosul (page 171)
- 10 The showdown with the Crusaders (page 195)
- 11. The final six months (page 225)
- 12 Saladin in historical perspective: a dissenting view (page 233)
- Notes (page 239)
- Bibliography (page 263)
- Index (page 274)