Talk:Saladin
Regarding The name
Fixing the whole "it's a whole name" thing. ad-Din is actually an epithet, it means "the Just". He's "Salah the Just" in Arabic.
Writing his name in form of two words like Salah Al'din means that his first name is Salah and his last name is Al'din. And it is absolutely wrong. Even now the name Salah-al'din is common among arabs, the whole thing was his first name. --Safety and peace 18:11, July 12, 2011 (UTC)
Concept Art
Where is this concept art mentioned in the trivia section? Anyone got a copy of it? --WarClownWanna Talk? 10:12, October 21, 2010 (UTC)
- I think I got it, it's on the Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition Art Book that was around by the time of the first game. -- D. Cello 16:09, October 21, 2010 (UTC)
- Yep. Right here: http://www.mediafire.com/?8vzbcz23vldavhf
The Name
Take it from me, an Arabic speaker by birth. The meaning of the name "Saladin" or "Salah Al'din" has always been controversial. صلاح الدين الايوبي. "The Ayyoubid, Righteousness of the Faith" is the exact meaning of his name where "Salah" with a heavier "h" sound means "Good" or "Usefulness" in general. However "Din" دين actually pronounced "Deen" means "Religion" or "Faith". Plus he is a follower of the Ayyoubid sect of Islam. So together you get "Salah Al-Deen al-Ayyoubi", add a little mistakes in pronounciation and English mother tongue interference you get "Saladin The Ayyoubid" short "Saladin".
Arabian411269 - omar411269@yahoo.com
main picture
thats concept art for tamir not saladin (as seen on tamirs page on the assassins creed 1 art book)
- Hm... Seems you're right. But please, sign your posts.Nesty Contact me! 10:16, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
Templar ally
In The Essential Guide, Saladin is listed in the section "Templars and Allies". He is also listed as an ally of the Robert de Sablé. This technically can imply that he was a Templar himself. However, Tarik Barleti, a mole within the Templar Order is also listed in the section "Templars and Allies" even while acknowledging he was just a spy. As a result, I think the authors of this book was rather loose with the categorization of "Templar ally" and may have included Saladin merely because at one point he fought against the Assassins.
It's unlikely he was actually a Templar given he personally executed the Grand Master Gerard de Ridefort at the Siege of Acre, and historically he allied with the Assassins after their last assassination attempt on him in 1176. However, he's listed as an ally of Robert de Sablé, Ridefort's successor, not Ridefort himself, and he allied with the Assassins when they were led by Rashid ad-din Sinan so it's not impossible that he was party to Sablé and Sinan's schemes in some way.
Whatever the case, it's not explicit so we shouldn't make any assumptions, but I don't know if we should at least mention he is an ally of Robert de Sablé somewhere. Sol Pacificus(Cyfiero) 06:11, February 8, 2017 (UTC)