Name: Al-Kahf Castle
Address: Al-Kahf Castle, Levant & Iraq

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Saladin's first siege of Aleppo — the boy-king's speech and the Ismaili knives

At his first siege of Aleppo, the twelve-year-old al-Ṣāliḥ mounted the walls weeping — «you knew my father's goodness; I am your orphan, and this unjust man comes to take my land» — and Aleppo fought for him at Jabal Jawshan. Saʿd al-Dīn bought Sinān's Assassins against Saladin; Khumārtakīn of Būqīs spotted them in camp, one broke for Saladin and was cut down before him. Saladin held the siege until Rajab, when Raymond's march on Homs drew him off.

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Saladin's first siege of Aleppo — the boy-king's speech and the Ismaili knives