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The Mausoleum of Saladin, great Kurdish leader of the Saracens, is situated in a small garden beside the Great Mosque. Inside the simple building, with its melon-ribbed dome, you will find two tombs - the original simple wooden tomb in which the great warrior was laid, now enclosed in a glass case, and an ornate white marble edifice, the gift of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in the late 19th Century, to replace the original which had deteriorated badly by then. As Saladin himself was reputed to be, the mausoleum is dignified and unostentatious.., and Saladin still lies in his old wooden tomb, the florid gift of a foreign king would never have been his style. Leave a Comment Directions: In the garden along the north side of the Mosque.
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