Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period

An Anthology

James E. Lindsay, Suleiman Ali Mourad

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781624669989
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology—many of which are translated into English for the first time here--provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. In providing representative examples of the many disparate types of Muslim sources, this volume opens a window onto life in the Islamic Near East during the Crusader period and the interactions between Franks and Muslims in the broader context of Islamic history. Ideally suited for use in undergraduate courses on the Crusades or the pre-modern Islamic Near East, this anthology will also appeal to any readers seeking a better understanding of the Islamic response to the Crusades and the general history of the Near East in this period.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Maps
• Chapter 1: Travel Literature and Geographical Guides
• Chapter 2: Jihad Books and Juridical Directives
• Chapter 3: Chronicles, Memoirs, and Poetry
• Chapter 4: Biographies
• Chapter 5: Correspondences, Treaties, and Truces
• Chapter 6: Inscriptions
• Appendix A: Islamic Calendar
• Appendix B: Quranic Verses on War and Peace
• Appendix C: Bibliographic Overview of the Major Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period
• Appendix D: Glossary of Dynasties, Persons, Sects, Terms, etc.
• Bibliography
• Index A: Honorific Titles
• Index B: Names
• Index C: Place Names
• Index D: Terms and Events
• Index E: Quranic and Biblical References
• Back Cover