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The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims, occurring from 1096 and 1291, primarily to secure control of Middle Eastern holy sites.

Andy Hobday is raising funds for The Barons' War 4 - Outremer (The Crusader States) on Kickstarter! New, highly-detailed, 28mm medieval miniatures, terrain and retinue lists taking the award-winning The Barons' War to a new setting.

Saladin (1137-93) was the Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1174-1193) who shocked the western world by defeating an army of the Christian Crusader states...

Salah Al-Din is famous for being the Arab world biggest hero and the world's most honorable knight, he became the emperor on Egypt and Syria in 1169 and he is most famous for his glorious citadel in Cairo and the fatal battle of hattin in 1187 against the Crusaders over the city of Jerusalem that lasted for three months and ended in Saladin victory, he also fought in 1189 against Richard the Lionheart king of England that ended in a treaty between them.