. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. SILVER COIN OF SALADIN STRUCK AT ALEPPO IN 11! CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF MESOPOTAMIA.II8I-I183. THE Great Truce was made, and Saladin wasfree to return to Egypt. He left his nephewFerrukh Shah in charge of Syria, and reached-Caira.at.tlie Jbeginning of 1181. The year that waspast had brought changes to many thrones. Louisle Jeune of France had died and Philip Augustushad succeeded ; Pope Lucius had. followed Alex-ander, and Alexius II. sat in the seat of theEmperor Manuel Comnenus. In Asia there hadbeen a succession in the Caliphate; el-Mus
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. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. SILVER COIN OF SALADIN STRUCK AT ALEPPO IN 11! CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF MESOPOTAMIA.II8I-I183. THE Great Truce was made, and Saladin wasfree to return to Egypt. He left his nephewFerrukh Shah in charge of Syria, and reached~-Caira.at.tlie Jbeginning of 1181. The year that waspast had brought changes to many thrones. Louisle Jeune of France had died and Philip Augustushad succeeded ; Pope Lucius had. followed Alex-ander, and Alexius II. sat in the seat of theEmperor Manuel Comnenus. In Asia there hadbeen a succession in the Caliphate; el-Mustady wasdead, and en-Nasir, the most energetic of the laterAbbasids, was pontiff at Baghdad. Seyf-ed-din, theAtabeg of Mosil, was gathered to his fathers, andIzz-ed-din his brother reigned in his stead. Theclose of 1181 witnessed an event of still greater im-portance to Saladin. On the 4th of DecemberNur-ed-dins heir, es-Salih Ismail, ended his gentleinoffensive life at Aleppo in a mortal attack of the 164 1181] Death of Es-Salih. 165 colic—not