Who should be the leader of the Arabs if they're in PTW?

[monkspider]

If the Arabs were to be one of the civs featured in PTW? Who would you like to see as their leader out of the following choices.

I personally would like to see Saladin, as he represents a "total package" of traits that make him desirable as a Civ III leader. He obviously has great historical value, as he fought Richard III in the legendary third crusade, also he is probably the most famous Arab leader in the minds of westerners (with the exception of perhaps Muhammed himself), so he has that going for him. But he also seems to be one of those types of leaders who has a certain aura of "cool" surrounding him. I personally would find Saladin to be the absolutely perfect choice.

Now we can only hope that Firaxis adds the Arabs to the game.

[Carver]

Why no Saddam Hussein? He might turn out to be the Arabs greatest leader.

[Hoznog]

I know he wasn't born an Arab, but how about Lawerence of Arabia

[Purple]

Saladin, no question.

His Arabic name, BTW, can be transliterated as Salah al Din (stress on the ah, and the l in al is silent).

[Sean]

Personally, I can not go past Muhammed. The way he brutely united the independent Arab tribes under his rule, and in the name of his religion make him a for runner in my mind. That is, no Muhammed, no Arabia.

[notyoueither]

A depiction of Muhammed would be a major faux pas though.

[Gangerolf]

A depiction of Muhammed would be a major faux pas though.

he could wear a burkha

[Gangerolf]

and my vote goes to good old Ibn Yussuf Salah al-Din.

[monkspider]

Who voted for Abu Bakr I wonder?

[GePap]

Originally posted by notyoueither
A depiction of Muhammed would be a major faux pas though.

This is entirely correct- graven images of the Prophet would hardly sell games.
Judging from how Fixaris picks leaders, usually going for those easily recognizable and famous Saladin will pobably be it anyway.

[Andrew_Jay]

Saladin sounds good to me too.
Also, Lawrence of Arabia was an Englishman, Thomas Edward Lawrence. So, that makes no sense (sorry Hoznog) however, how about his Arab partner Prince Feisal. Feisal (if I'm not mixing him up with another Arab prince or one of his descendants) was a rather important ruler in the entire middle east after the First World War, ruling Jordan and later Iraq; though the region was more or less under British and French control and his power was not that great. You can look at the fact that he and his followers (with the help of the British, who turned out to be not too helpful in the end) liberated pretty much the whole of Arabia from the Ottomans.
So scratch Saladin, I think I'll say Feisal just to vote for something different, besides, if he's the leader maybe we'll get an Alec Guinness leader head (if you have no idea what I'm talking about: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056172 )

[Dimorier Maximus]

Originally posted by GePap
This is entirely correct- graven images of the Prophet would hardly sell games.
Judging from how Fixaris picks leaders, usually going for those easily recognizable and famous Saladin will pobably be it anyway.

As if a whole bunch of Muslims are buying this game anyways.

[Incan_Warrior]

Aladdin!

Their special unit could be genies that grant 3 wishes over the course of the game. Like maybe give them a free tech or a free government switch (assuming they aren't religious, which they probably will be). Why the phuck not?

[Nakar Gabab]

Perhaps because it's stupid?

[PGM]

I don't think Arabs are in PTW. But if they were, I think the leader would be Saladin.
What about great leaders? I'm sure Firaxis wouldn't use names like Saddam Hussein or bin Laden. These are saved for the "lunatics" civilization.