HISTORICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS OF NŪR AL-DĪN MAHMŪD ZANKĪ’S PLAN FOR LIBERATING BAYT AL-MAQDIS

Year 2018, Volume: 18 Issue: 3 - Special Issue on Nur al-Din, 1 - 17, 31.12.2018

Burhan Che Daud Abdal-fattah El-awaisi , Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.482433

Abstract

Nūr al-Dīn Mahmūd Zankī
was one of the 6^th century AH Muslims leaders who particularly had
thought very carefully of how to liberate Bayt al-Maqdis. The main objective of
this article is namely to examine Nūr al-Dīn’s preparation plan to liberate Bayt
al-Maqdis, in particular if he had prepared the ground to achieve such a goal
which was successfully accomplished during the time of his successor, Salāh
al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī. In addition to the religious impact, this article examines
the remaining material evidence and the practical steps that had been taken by
Nūr al-Dīn throughout twenty-eight years of his career to construct a strong
and a solid argument concerning his clear and distinctive plan towards
liberating Bayt al-Maqdis. The main focus is on examining his preparation steps
towards the unification of Syria and afterwards the unification of Syria with
Egypt.

Keywords

Bayt al-Maqdis, Islamicjerusalem, Nūr al-Dīn Zankī, Crusades, Jerusalem, Salah al-Din

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