{"id":20448,"date":"2025-05-07T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=20448"},"modified":"2025-05-12T03:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:05:18","slug":"salahuddin-before-and-after-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/history\/salahuddin-before-and-after-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Salahuddin: Before and after Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"responsive\" height=\"500\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"600\" data-media-id=\"rqLcjN6Y\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer>\n\n\n\n<p>Saladin. The man\u2014not quite a myth, and far more than just a legend. Books, lectures, documentaries\u2014you name it\u2014have all tried to capture the essence of this towering figure. 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