nour-ed-din

Updated: May 8, 2025

He remembered how, when he was but small in the eyes of men, Nour-ed-din, king of Syria, forced him to accompany his uncle, Shirkuh, to Egypt, whither he went, "like one driven to his death," and how, against his own will, there he rose to greatness.

Henry Rider Haggard - The Brethren