The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
ANCIENT HISTORY
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People in Egypt
DYNASTY OF FATIHrTEs

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Correspondence Of The caueaslan-
Enterprise.
AZ one time there existed In Egypt
sect ov people known al the Akda-
bites- The princes who ruled the
people n . later period, were called
Fatimites. because they pretended
that they descended from rstsma. the
wife ov All and daughter ov the
prophet. The new races ov princes
aspired to the dominions ruled By the
Aglabites. so hit wux somethln' new
In name. but really wuz the same old
gang no better. probably no worse.
Upon the death os Aladid. A. d.
1171. the last oy the dynasty ov the
Fatimites, the caliph ov Egypt. sala-
din. bein' in possession oy the chief
ov the power In hiz character ov vi
zier. seized upon awl the wealth ov
the late prince. which wuz very valu-
able He threw hiz whole family In
to prison and adopted every possible
measure TO establish In hiz own per-
son the supreme authority ov the
State. He made a show ov obedience
to Nurredin. the prince ov Damascus.
but secretly determined 10 acquire
Independent rule ov Egypt. But Nur-
redin wuZ no slouch. an while he
seemed to be pleased with the con-
duct ov Saladin, he wuz raisin' a
powerful army to resist an overthrow
OF hiz power: but, in the meantime,
he wuz taken suddenly Ill at Damas-
Gus an soon expired.
The death ov the prince did moi
deliver Saladin from danger. for the
successor ov Nuredin wuz both able
an willin' to keep up the row. Sala-
din then decided to send hiz brother
into Nubia to look over the land with
a view to maxim hit a place ov re-
treat IL the worst happened. He
soon decided that Nubia wuz CON-
paratively barren an awlmost desc
late an cum back an so reported.
For change. the King sent him in
to Arabia with an army. He sue
ceded in addin' much ov the terri
tory oy that country to Egypt. I'm the
usual way pursued by more or less
ancient warriors. Havin' enlarged
hiz dominions. Saladin determined
to assume a name which would sound
bigger" So he did away with "cal-
iph" an called himself Sultan. !"
The pontiff who wuz to hev charge ov
religious affairs, wuz chosen from
among the immediate descendants ov
Mahomet.
Saladin wuz acknowledged az Sui
tan ov Egypt by the people ov neigh
borin' States: but he wuz not free
from internal connections. A pre-
tender to the throne raised an army
ov about 10000 men from the ranks
ov the Fatimites. This army wuz
soon defeated by Saladin. But that
war had hardly ended when the Cru
saders began to make trouble. This
force even got far ennuff to lay seige
to Alexandria. Saladin made hit so
hot for them, however, that they were
glad to quit In a hurry, leayin' their
baggage an stores" whatever that
wuz worth, In order to give an en-
hibition ov guide, old-fashioned run
MIN.
At this time Damascus wuz ruled
by q regent, the prospective ruler
bein' under age. A portion ov the
people wuz not satisfied an they in
sisted that Saladin take Syria in
charge. He went to Damascus an
soon got charge oy affairs. but he
claimed that he wuz merely takin'
this step for q short time until the
young prince should get over hiz
"coliky" period. BY this time the
general public In that portion ov the
world began TO suspect that Saladin
wuz cuttin' q swath that wuz rather
wide an that hit wuz high time they
were gittin' their eyes Open The
Syrians finally got help ennun TO give
battle TO Saladin. But hit resulted
disastrously for their forces. an the
Sultan OF Egypt wuz still master ov
Syria
Saladin returned from the Eastern
conquests an began TO fortify an
beautify the city OF Cairo. He took
active interest In the schools, like
people OF. SCOTS and Loray. But he
wuz soon drawn away from peaceful
avocations by call to arms. How
ever, he probably issued the call, for
he had hiz eye upon Palestine He
soon led great army against the
armies ov the crusade who had az
sembled to defend the Holy Land
But the Great Ruler above did not
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