Baibars

Baibars took a dagger from his sash, held open his shimmering silk kaftan, a costly robe of honor, and slashed a great rent in it.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

He told how Baibars had entrusted him with more and more important tasks, even with the killing of Qutuz.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

He became a favorite of a leading Mameluke emir, Baibars.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Baibars himself, after Daoud returned to Manfred, had arranged for a bribed Genoese sea captain to smuggle it to him.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Baibars to destroy the Tartars on the field at the Well of Goliath.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Baibars would be in the north like lightning, though.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Here, Cardinal Adelberto Ugolini, a Sicilian churchman who had long been secretly sending information to Baibars, was horrified to find

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Dizzy with joy, he thought Baibars must have felt like this when he alone led the

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Baibars -- having made himself Sultan of El Kahira -- sent Daoud into the land of the infidel.

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

How can anyone offer comfort to a man like Baibars?

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963