Did Saladin become a Knight Templar?
There is an incredible story that stretches credulity that Saladin was knighted by the Knights Templar and became a Templar himself.
There is an incredible story that stretches credulity that Saladin was knighted by the Knights Templar and became a Templar himself.
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