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The King Who Wanted Nothing: The Forgotten Sultan Who Renounced Everything to Build the Man Who Would Save Jerusalem

The King Who Wanted Nothing: The Forgotten Sultan Who Renounced Everything to Build the Man Who Would Save Jerusalem

Hikma, Narin

Paperback

Historical FiguresIslamIsrael & Palestine History

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ISBN13: 9798187031474
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the most powerful man in Syria wanted almost nothing for himself?

You already know what it feels like to chase more - more success, more approval, more proof that you have finally arrived. You know the particular exhaustion of never quite feeling like enough, no matter how much you accumulate.

Nur ad-Din Zangi inherited a war-torn border city at twenty-eight years old, and by the time he died he had united Aleppo and Damascus, crushed a Crusader principality's field army in a single afternoon, and personally built the foundation his own protégé would later use to recapture Jerusalem. He also mended his own coat rather than replace it, sat in open court three times a week so a farmer could accuse his own generals and be heard, and gave away conquest wealth to hospitals and schools instead of keeping a single palace for himself. This is the true story of the sultan history forgot - overshadowed by the very student who eventually outgrew him.

Recognize the quiet relief of no longer needing to prove your worth through what you own

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