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Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187.
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Is it true that Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187?
Yes. Multiple reference and scholarly sources state that Saladin took Jerusalem from the Crusader kingdom in 1187, several using the exact wording of the claim.
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Siege of Jerusalem (1187). (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)
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James, D., University, C. f. M. S. F., & Nicholas, P. (2024). Independent Crusaders Before 1187 Dataset. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12796392
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Saladin's Conquest of Jerusalem (1187 CE) - World History EncyclopediaFacebookYouTubeFacebook. (n.d.). worldhistory.org. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1553/saladins-conquest-of-jerusalem-1187-ce/
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Prefaces in the legal texts of the crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. (2025). works.hcommons.org. https://works.hcommons.org/records/60v4y-63s89
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Javier, A. I. (2024). The Conquest of Conquests: the Islamic Discourse Regarding the Reconquest of Jerusalem (1099-1187). zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2024.18.07
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1938-, C. C. (n.d.). Whose Holy City? : Jerusalem and the future of peace in the Middle East. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/whoseholycity00coli
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Copper alloy.. (2010). portal.ariadne-infrastructure.eu. https://portal.ariadne-infrastructure.eu/resource/3bc8bb209db1634589b12d3d7354b7bb40c28b7234ffbfc0994db377c32ff1f8
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Laidler, K. (2000). The divine deception: the Church, the Shroud and the creation of a holy fraud. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/divinedeceptionc0000keit
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Scan-the-World (2026). Wreath of Kaiser Wilhelm II. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21165707
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