Was Saladin a great genral or man in good siuation?

I don't know but he is so much respected in Syria, a large statue of him has been built in front of the Damascus citadel and also a great mausoleum near the Umayyad mosque.

His name was Salahaddin, not Salah El Din.

Originally posted by Kenaney Bilmiyosan hic yazma Iskender

Do u have the equipment to say whatever u want in English ??

I have to remind u that i do have ways to find out if u will say it as it is...For the moment i have copied it ...

Isk.

Originally posted by Oguzoglu Originally posted by iskenderani Originally posted by Kenaney Bilmiyosan hic yazma Iskender Do u have the equipment to say whatever u want in English ?? I have to remind u that i do have ways to find out if u will say it as it is...For the moment i have copied it ... Isk. He wrote "If you dont know, dont write Isk". But I thought you knew Turkish, dont you, at least the basic?

Just for the record , and i am answering just this...

Do any one of u know Arabic ??? I , do , happen to know...

So , if u dont know dont write ...and keep ur advices to urselves...

IF u know Arabic ...then try to translate the document Phallanx produced to u ...

Isk.

I personally think Saladin receives a little too much credit for the defeat of the Crusader States. We must remember that he was preceeded by Zengi and the even more capable Nur Al-Din. Both of these men were capable commanders and good aadministrators. Islamic power had been growing and Crusader power had been declining for generations by the time Saladin came to power. So I think historians should really give praise to those two leaders, they gave Saladin the base he needed to defeat the Crusaders.

As a man Saladin was a capable commander, I would also say a good but not great one. He was also a VERY good administrator and handled a favourable situation masterfully. He is still a medieval ruler though, and had been known to kill out of anger on a few occasions. But by the standards of the day he was a good deal more humane than most leaders. He came to power in a favourable situation and capitalized well on the advantages.

just being littel bit off topic

his name is pronounced Salah Al-Deen also can be pronounced Salah Eddeen.

in english or western knowledge they know him as Saladin. which is obviously wrong as many other things.

Ok Isk, just dont try to attack the first target you find. I only translated his sentence to you, as you wished to learn what he said, and then asked you if you knew Turkish, since you have understood lots of Turkish words and sentences before, but failed to understand the meaning of the Turkish sentence that Kenaney wrote. So please, dont change discussions to your attacking bases.

And no, I dont know Arabic, but as we are Muslims, we dont need to learn arabic to know some arabic names, like you and other Christians dont need to learn Latin or Hebrew to know some of their names. But lots of people in this region of Turkey (close to Syria) know Arabic, or at least the basics.