The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-20

as@s@ss'sA@S3sA are ne poor Exso~%
taIa here below.
The Duke o. Burgundy lad Asen
left rs Palestine b. TIE King NJ
France lie had ] o 900 aosaierx ha*
he did no;niu'
But even In hfz retreat II a.. u.x
be mentioned ia that ~av. Efnw
Richard aux formidable. lie con.
claded truce xith saladsn for .hrs.
years, which wuz q curious fact after
his army had re.reated. an. under
this treaty various cities were die
mantled. the whole oy the saacozs.
from JaTa TO Tyre wux surrendered
10 the Christians. an hit aug arrang-
Cd that the pilgrims OF Europe travel
IN 10 Jerusalem were TO be- under the
protection ov Saiadin. But soon after
the King oy England returned home
Saladin got sick an he finished this
life In 1871. aged SIS. He had been
King ov Egypt about twenty-four
years.
Alaziz. the second son ov Saiadfn.
became King OF Egypt He wuz not
satisfied an went into Syria with an
army. When he had practically sub
dued that country he sickened an
died. Upon hiz death. several i'm
portant changes took place In respect
10 Egypt an Syria. but nothin' on
special interest until after the next
ruler. Alcamel. began his reign
When he wuZ inaugurated he wuz
we'll received by the Egyptians; but
he found public affairs in a bad way,
The Mohammedans and Christians
were plottin' to destroy each other
a nice way for so-called religious
people to live. In this state ov in
ternal strife the fifth crusade wtiz
started. The soldiers ov the crusade
laid seige to the city ov Damietta.
The united forces ov Egypt an Da-
mascus could not overcome the Eu-
ropean armies. But Alcamei offered
terms that were acceptable to all ov
the chiefs ov the crusade except D.
Albano, the Pope's legate.
The Romish official had acquired
SO much influence that hiz voice alone
prevented the negotiation. The seige
continued an Damietta soon fell.
Elated with success, the crusades ad
vanced to the central portion ov
Egypt. By this time the Egyptians
had pulled themselves together an
made hit so hot for the enemy that
they were forced to sue for mercy.
The Sultan became powerful in Syria
again as we'll as at home; an when
Frederick II. ov Germany decided to
return to hiZ home he entered into
what would now be called an alliance
with the Sultan, which proved bene-
fetal to both countries for some time
afterward.
Alcamel died at Damascus, and
Aladel, one ov hiz sons, succeeded
him; but Nojmoddin, an older broth
err, claimed the right to the throne.
A great row might hev resulted; but
in the meantime Aladel died or dis
appeared" and hiz brother Nojmod-
den wuz proclaimed Sultann. He,
too, got friendly with the most influ-
entail leaders ov the crusades; for
Richard, the Earl Of Cornwall, per-
! ceived that the Egyptian ruler wuz
more powerful than the Syrian lords
ov Carac and Damascus, entered into
| an alliance with NOjmoddin, and re-
| neWed the treaty which Frederick OF
! Germany had made with Alcamel, hiz
predecessor. BY this arrangement
| the Christians were protected, an the
! views ov Nojmoddin were encourag-
ed, in opposition to hiz Syrian rivals.
In this settled state of affairs, MOI
moddin passed into Syria, an, with
| the help ov some savage tribes, deter
mined to oyerpower hiz Eastern en-
emies. Thateportion ov the crusade
| army whichswuz favorable to the
lords ov Syria, joined them in oppos-
in the Sultanov Egypt; but Nojmod-
! din overthrow them with great
slaughter. In the meantime a big
] bunch ov warriors from Europe ar
rived at Damietta. Louis TX. oV
France wuz the leader. In the abb
sence ov the Sultan this unexpected
| invasion found the country unprepar-
ed. The news wuz quickly carried
| Con horseback to Syria. Nojmod-
din raised the seige ov Emessa an
fastened to Egypt to protect hiz king
; dom; but he sickened an died before
reachin' hiz home country. By po-
litical trick worthy ov some Amer
lean politicians ov our day-by start
in a rumor that the dead King wuz
only sick a great distance away an
had requested that Turan Shaw, hi2
only son, be made King, the young
hrs g
from Damascus with a large army
The European soldiers had penetrat-
ed far into Egypt; but they paid
dearly for their rashness; Louis
himself wuz taken prisoner. Turar
Shaw wore the name ov Sultan. But
in reality he wuz a figger-head, fol
Shaiir Aldor. a favorited wife ov the
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