Islam and the Crusades

 

Fifteenth century illustration in a copy of a manuscript by Al-Bīrūnī, depicting Muhammad preaching the Qur'an in Mecca.  Muhammad begins his first public preaching in 613 at Mecca.  

 

Doom of the Rock in Jerusalem, built 691

 

Saladin 1138-93

 

Pope Urban II, Bouillon, c.a. 14th Century 

 

Capture of Jerusalem, First Crusade, 1099

 

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