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Swordsmen of Saladin - Henry Bedford-Jones
Henry Bedford-Jones
Swordsmen of Saladin
Warsaw 2022
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Swordsmen of Saladin
Swordsmen of Saladin
In the Twelfth Century an intrigue at the court
of the great Sultan Saladin brings forth the
Sphinx Emerald to play its strange magic role.
LIKE old Whoosis, the Roman poet, I sing of swords and rascals. With certain few exceptions, all men are rascals. I am, naturally, one of the exceptions. Yet my career has given me no cause of pride, unless it be the affection in which I hold my master Saladin, as he is usually called–a contraction for Sala’h-ud-Din, which means Honoring the Faith.
His given name is Yusuf or Joseph. In the Kurdish country where he came from, they use Biblical names.
Greek-born in Alexandria, I was educated as a scribe. My drunken father sold me to the Arabs as a slave, and I was named El Bahi, The Elegant,
because of my good looks. I was taken to Cairo, rapidly made my way and became secretary to Saladin when he came to Cairo, a green Kurdish country boy, with his uncle the governor. This was in the Year of the Hegira 564, or as Christians reckon it 1168, if you must have history.
Myself, I have no love for history; it is dull work. I have set out to tell the truth here, and it deals with some chancy intrigue, an honest eunuch, and a bit of hot swordplay–also with that accursed and beautiful jewel the Sphinx Emerald. This may also be history, but it is generally unknown and deserves to be told. So, with one hand upon my alleged heart, I bow gracefully; El Bahi is at your service with the truth. Salutations!
Let me skip the preludes of intrigue, treachery and struggle. Five years after coming to Cairo, Saladin’s uncle was dead, and he was governor of Egypt for the Sultan Nureddin, chief ruler of the Moslem world. As his secretary, I was doing very well for myself. His vizier, the eunuch Karakush, ruled the city and country, with all its emirs and captains, Mameluke slaves and soldiers, workmen and Egyptians. Let me paint these three men for you, since our world revolved about them:
I was rather small, stoutish, of great elegance in dress and manners, and well accustomed to finesse–in a word, a diplomat. I