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Any examples?
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub who liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 was renowned for sparing Civillians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin
Cool, thanks for digging this out of my memory... I learned about this dude in college and had completely forgot of his existence.
Sucks that we have to go back that far to find one though...