Complex sentence: The book was based upon the orally transmitted folktales and legends concerning the man's life, and although Salaahuddin had used his own literary style in its writing: he remained faithful to the original folktales, the result being one of the true Maldivian epics.
Split into simpler sentences: The book was based upon the orally transmitted folktales and legends concerning the man's life. Although Salaahuddin had used his own literary style in its writing, he remained faithful to the original folktales, the result being one of the true Maldivian epics.