These last years were difficult for Saladin. After Acre, his emirs
were not as happy to fight as before, and it was hard to keep
his army together. He was fifty-five years old now, and often
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funeral the time
when a dead
person’s body
is put under the
ground
mourn to be sad
because someone
has died
ill and tired. ‘I wish I could go to Makkah,’ he said, but he was
now very weak and could not make that long journey. ‘At least
I can still meet travellers to Makkah when they come home,’ he
said to himself. He rode out of Damascus early in 1193 to meet
a group of pilgrims coming back from Makkah, but the cold
weather that day made him ill. Forty-eight hours later he was
dead. When they went to bury him, they found that there was
no money to pay for his funeral. He was always so kind and
generous to others, and in the end he left nothing for himself.
Many people mourned his death at the time, and people
everywhere still know of Saladin to this day. We remember him
not only as a great general, but also as a good man who was
merciful, wise and generous.
These last years were difficult for Saladin. After Acre, his emirs
were not as happy to fight as before, and it was hard to keep
his army together. He was fifty-five years old now, and often
4248945 Saladin FP.indd 52 20/4/10 09:27:53
funeral the time
when a dead
person’s body
is put under the
ground
mourn to be sad
because someone
has died
ill and tired. ‘I wish I could go to Makkah,’ he said, but he was
now very weak and could not make that long journey. ‘At least
I can still meet travellers to Makkah when they come home,’ he
said to himself. He rode out of Damascus early in 1193 to meet
a group of pilgrims coming back from Makkah, but the cold
weather that day made him ill. Forty-eight hours later he was
dead. When they went to bury him, they found that there was
no money to pay for his funeral. He was always so kind and
generous to others, and in the end he left nothing for himself.
Many people mourned his death at the time, and people
everywhere still know of Saladin to this day. We remember him
not only as a great general, but also as a good man who was
merciful, wise and generous.
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