My greatest fear is that after I am gone, the Muslims will fall into discord and the Franks will return.
Sultan, recaptured Jerusalem
My greatest fear is that after I am gone, the Muslims will fall into discord and the Franks will return.
Sultan, recaptured Jerusalem
Reported concern about the future of the Muslim lands after his death.
c. 1190
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