Saladin vs. Baldwin the Leper King - Battle of Montgisard, 1177 | Medieval History DOCUMENTARY
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As the sun rose in the desert of the Sinai Peninsula on 26 November of 1177, a small group of horsemen were moving at lightning speed towards Cairo. This group of horsemen consisted of Saladin and a handful of his bodyguards. Saladin himself rode in the middle of the group, his mind clouded with fury and embarrassment.
He was thinking about the defeat he had endured just the afternoon before. He had all the advantages and yet his mission failed. How could that be? How could he lose to the Crusaders? To understand Saladin’s defeat at the Battle of Montgisard, we have to look a few weeks beforehand.
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