حصر صلاح الدين حلب الأول — خطاب الملك الصالح وفرسان الإسماعيلية

حصر صلاح الدين حلب الأول — خطاب الملك الصالح وفرسان الإسماعيلية

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حلب

At his first siege of Aleppo, the twelve-year-old al-Ṣāliḥ mounted the walls weeping — «you knew my father's goodness; I am your orphan, and this unjust man comes to take my land» — and Aleppo fought for him at Jabal Jawshan. Saʿd al-Dīn bought Sinān's Assassins against Saladin; Khumārtakīn of Būqīs spotted them in camp, one broke for Saladin and was cut down before him. Saladin held the siege until Rajab, when Raymond's march on Homs drew him off ¹.