Saladin & the 3rd Crusade | Defending Jerusalem | Middle East History | Extra History | Part 4

📜 History of Saladin & the 3rd Crusade: Defending Jerusalem - And so we come to the negotiations between Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, where some of the best-known stories of the Crusades will play out. Starting with a mass execution of prisoners. Yikes. Saladin's luck begins to run low while Richard III shows himself to be a much better tactician and general that Saladin's previous enemies. But by the time the Crusaders are knocking on Jerusalem's door, Saladin realizes. He doesn't have to beat Richard. He just needs to outlast him.

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[DragoniteSpam]

EH: How do we visually represent "Saladin had slowed Richard _just_ enough?"
Most people: prolonged and drawn-out fighting, logistics issues, wasting time
EH artists: Here's Richard looking at his watch while a line of ducks crosses the road with Saladin hiding in the bushes

[onellbrianmeliston]

Imagine time travel being invented and you decide to go watch historical figures but then be disappointed seeing that they don't have nametags on their chests.

[HereToComment]

"He didn't need to beat Richard. All he had to do was outlast him." Guerrilla war favouring the locals since eternity.

[soyboy]

Fun fact: for his chivalry Saladin was given a huge castle in Limbo in Dante's Inferno

[elijahlim]

I love when the crusaders get demoralized by their leader doing the right thing to make sure all of them don’t die

[abcdef]

"So, you secured Jerusalem, Saladin?"

"Yes".

"What it cost?"

"Nothing... And Everything".

[spiffygonzales]

So saladin's plan of breaking up the army worked... Except the army that broke off was so large that saladin's got yeeted.
Mission failed successfully?

[ilijastrainovic]

Richard: you can't beat me
Saladin: I don't need to

[nuralibolataev]

Learning of Saladins shortcomings and weaknesses kinda made me like him more. He's not an undefeatable general like Alexander or Khalid ibn al Walid, in actuality he's kinda mediocre and that just makes him more human I guess?! He is not a legendary hero but a man who makes mistakes like the rest of us. And that makes his story even better because he is able to overcome all of that in his quest to unite the Muslims

[JeremyDA]

Ah yes, Richard the Lionheart. The famous English King who spent more of his reign fighting on the other side of the continent than he did governing his own kingdom 😅

[Altarahhn]

0:50 Richard: *"KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!!"*
Saladin: "So that's how it's going to be, huh?"

[imperialfist]

Saladin: Why are the Crusaders moving around the captives that seems pret-OH CRAP

[josh_da_boss_hello]

Saladin was such a nice guy to his enemies, it’s a shame that he never got that kindness in return.

[enessamiyuksel]

To be honest: Saladin was a excellent politician but he can be questinable in war.

[baconninja]

Richard: Makes the right choice
The Crusaders: WHAT?!

[GeneralLuigiTBC]

I'm reminded of the various invasions of Russia that were ultimately repulsed in large part due to the invaders' inability to keep their forces properly supplied.

[NL-wsfv]

Possibly an interesting "What if-" story right there. What if Saladin and Richard's negotiations were accepted, and Aladil (Pardon if misspelled) and Richard's sister were married, creating this different type of Jerusalem. Whether converting to Christianity for the husband or the wife converting to Islam is a question for further research, among many other things, but still worthy for a thought experiment.
Leave some honest thoughts. Maybe worth a story someday.

[TheFiresloth]

Napoleon said of Saladin that he was a perfect example of a general who knew to exploit fully his superior resources and situation, rather than leave useless reserves and lose sight of his subordonates.

[SaceedAbul]

Props to Salahudins bro. For being a homie the whole way through and not betraying him.

[Raleyg]

Saladin was a great ruler, but not a great general
Richard on the other hand, was a great general, but not a great ruler