{"product_id":"saladin-the-triumph-of-the-sunni-revival","title":"Saladin: The Triumph Of The Sunni Revival","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSALADIN: THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUNNI REVIVAL\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"author\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eABDUL RAHMAN AZZAM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"bookfeatures\"\u003ePAPERBACK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan id=\"bookfeatures\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"bookfeatures\"\u003ePAGES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan id=\"bookfeatures\"\u003eSIZE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e234 x 156mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/its.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Saladin.pdf\"\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver 800 years since his death, Saladin’s fame as the Muslim liberator of Jerusalem, the great foe of Richard the Lionheart and the paragon of justice and nobility remains as powerful as it was during his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaladin: The Triumph of Sunni Revival\u003c\/em\u003e, the author A. R. Azzam traces the historical rise of the great Kurdish general and the dramatic events that led to his famous victory at the battle of Hattin. The author also examines how Saladin became a legend in his own lifetime and how and why the legend has continued to endure so powerfully to the present age. But in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaladin: The Triumph of Sunni Revival\u003c\/em\u003e, the author goes beyond the myth and argues that the legend of Saladin’s chivalry has neglected his inner spiritual life and beliefs and the vital role he played in upholding religious orthodoxy. Thus,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaladin: The Triumph of Sunni Revival\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not just the study of the man but also the study of the historical age in which he lived and of the profound intellectual forces that influenced his thoughts and actions so deeply. It is a study of the power of an idea and how this idea, the Sunni Revival, began to take root and flourish in the century before Saladin was born and spread rapidly across the Muslim world—from Baghdad to Damascus, from Damascus to Cairo and ultimately and triumphantly, thanks to Saladin, from Cairo to Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book starts in Baghdad with the disintegration of the Abbasid caliphate, and introduces great figures such as Nizam ul-Mulk and al-Ghazali. And although this may appear to have little relevance in a biography of Saladin, A. R. Azzam argues that Saladin was in reality a child of the Sunni Revival and that it was the ideals of this Revival which more than anything affected his beliefs and actions and constitute the foundations of the greatness of his political and spiritual vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"first\"\u003eDr Abdul Rahman Azzam obtained his DPhil in history from Oxford University in 1992. He is an independent scholar specialising in Islamic history and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eThe Islamic Texts Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21403335524465,"sku":"9781903682876","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3290\/4561\/products\/Saladin_The_Triumph_of_the_Sunni_Revival_darussalam_australia_islamicbookstore.jpg?v=1604549651","url":"https:\/\/www.dsbooks.com.au\/products\/saladin-the-triumph-of-the-sunni-revival","provider":"Darussalam Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}