User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/Medieval Muslim and Arab world
| Actor | Film/TV show | Year | Country | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty | |||||
| Sultans of Egypt | |||||
| Saladin | |||||
| Charles K. Gerrard | Richard the Lion-Hearted | 1923 | USA | Silent film | An adaptation of the novel The Talisman by Walter Scott. |
| Ian Keith | The Crusades | 1935 | USA | Film | |
| Rex Harrison | King Richard and the Crusaders | 1954 | USA | Film | Loosely based on the novel The Talisman by Walter Scott. |
| Marne Maitland | Richard the Lionheart | 1962–63 | UK | TV series | |
| Ahmed Mazhar | Saladin the Victorious | 1963 | Egypt | Film | An adaptation of the novel by Naguib Mahfouz. |
| Bernard Kay | Doctor Who, #2.22–25 "The Crusade" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Derek Griffiths | Up the Chastity Belt | 1971 | UK | Film | Comedy |
| Wensley Pithey | The Devil's Crown | 1978 | UK | TV series | |
| Damien Thomas | The Talisman | 1980 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the novel by Walter Scott. |
| Ghassan Massoud | Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | UK | Film | |
| Andy Lucas | Heroes and Villains, #5 "Richard the Lionheart" | 2008 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Al-Adil I | |||||
| Roger Avon | Doctor Who, #2.22–25 "The Crusade" | 1965 | UK | TV serial | |
| Silas Carson | Heroes and Villains, #5 "Richard the Lionheart" | 2008 | UK | TV film | Docudrama |
| Al-Kamil | |||||
| Pedro Armendáriz | Francis of Assisi | 1961 | USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel The Joyful Beggar by Louis de Wohl. |
| Emirs of al-Andalus | |||||
| Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud | |||||
| Douglas Wilmer | El Cid | 1961 | Italy/USA | Film | |
| Yahya al-Qadir | |||||
| Frank Thring | El Cid | 1961 | Italy/USA | Film | |
| Almoravid rulers | |||||
| Yusuf ibn Tashfin | |||||
| Herbert Lom | El Cid | 1961 | Italy/USA | Film | |
| Literature and thought | |||||
| Writers | |||||
| Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani | |||||
| Alexander Siddig | Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | UK | Film | As Nasir. |
| Myths and legends | |||||
| Characters of the Arabian Nights | |||||
| Scheherazade | |||||
| Adele Salem | Into the Labyrinth, #1.4 "Masrur" | 1981 | UK | TV episode | |