Abstract

This paper does spotlights on the problematic study of history of Saladin the famous leader of Islamic front during the conflict between Muslims and crusaders in the middle ages. We can notice this problematic study as follows: the expansion of the geographical scope of his own history, the multiplicity of contemporary and late history sources that dealt with his history, the abundance of modern literature on Saladin, the global history of Saladin, falling into the charisma of the historical hero, his history literatures concentrated on showing him as an individual leader, historical responsibility, overlap of Saladin’s history with the history of Nur ad-Din Mahmoud, his military and political history is not balanced with his civilizational role, highlighting the masculine character of Saladin, Finally mythical side of his history, contrasting vision of prominent Mosul historians Ibn Al Atheer and Bahaa al-Dn Ibn Shaddad.

Key words: Saladin- problematic study- Nur ad-Din Mahmoud- Crusades- middle ages