Medieval Sourcebook: Fall of Jerusalem, 1187 - Excerpts Roger of Hoveden's "The Annals, comprising The History of England and of Other Countries of Europe from AD 732 to AD 1201"; describes and explains the loss of Jerusalem to Salah ed Din in 1187. - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/hoveden1187.html
Salah al-Din - A translation of an adulatory pen portrait by Salah al-Din’s Muslim biographer, bha ad-Din Ibn Shaddad. - http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/worldreach/assets/docs/crusades/Saladinarab.html
Medieval Sourcebook: The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin - Translation of an excerpt from "De Expurgatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum" (The Capture of Jerusalem by Saladin, 1187). - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187saladin.html
Saladin - A biography of the Kurdish warrior who came to establish the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, led an alliance against the Crusaders, but failed to conquer the Assassins. - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0843183.html
The Magnanimity of Salah al Din - An article comparing how Richard the Lionheart and Salah ed Din treated the citizens of Jerusalem. - http://www.jerusalemites.org/jerusalem/islam/36.htm
The Ayyubid Dynasty - An account of the fall of the Fatimid dynasty in Cairo, and Salah ed Din's role in establishing the Ayyubids. - http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/ayyubid_dynasty.htm
Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub) - A biography of Saladin (Salah al-Din), with particular reference to his legacy on Cairo. - http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/saladin.htm