Title:
Muslims and Crusaders : Christianity's Wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic Sources / Niall Christie.
Author:
Christie, Niall.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
Call Number:
D157 .C474 2014
Abstract:
"Muslims and Crusaders supplements and counterbalances the numerous books that tell the story of the crusading period from the European point of view, enabling readers to achieve a broader and more complete perspective on the period. It presents the Crusades from the perspective of those against whom they were waged, the Muslim peoples of the Levant. The book introduces the reader to the most significant issues that affected their responses to the European crusaders, and their descendants who would go on to live in the Latin Christian states that were created in the region. This book combines chronological narrative, discussion of important areas of scholarly enquiry and evidence from primary sources to give a well-rounded survey of the period. It considers not only the military meetings between Muslims and the Crusaders, but also the personal, political, diplomatic and trade interactions that took place between Muslims and Franks away from the battlefield. Through the use of a wide range of translated primary source documents, including chronicles, dynastic histories, religious and legal texts and poetry, the people of the time are able to speak to us in their own voices. "-- Provided by publisher.
"Muslims and Crusaders presents the Crusades from the perspective of those against whom they were waged, the Muslim peoples of the Levant"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781138022737
9781138022744
Series:
Seminar studies
Seminar studies in history.
Physical Description:
xl, 186 pages ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Previous works on the Muslim side of the Crusades ; The limitations of this work ; The Muslim sources for the crusading period -- The Muslim World Before The Crusades: A brief history ; Core beliefs and practices ; Sunnis and Shi'ites ; The Franks through Muslim eyes before 1906 ; The Muslim Levant on the eve of the Crusades -- The First Crusade And The Muslim Response, 1095 -- 1146: Chronological overview ; The problem of the sources ; Muslim views of the crusaders' motives ; The first signs of the counter-crusade ; Zangi: the first great counter-crusader? -- Nur Al-Din And Saladin, 1146 -- 74: Chronological overview ; The second crusade through Muslim eyes ; Nu al-Din: 'la plaque tournante'? ; Saladin and Nur al-Din -- Victory And Stalemate, 1174 -- 93: Chronological overview ; The problem of the sources ; The articulation of power ; The victorious mujahid ; The third crusade -- War And Peace In The Twelfth-Century Levant: The problem of the sources ; The 'Franks'; The conduct of war ; Muslims under Frankish rule ; Truces and trades ; Muslim views on Frankish culture -- Successors Of Saladin, 1193 -- 1249: Chronological overview ; Family politics ; The Ayyubids and the jihad ; Relations with the Franks ; Critics of the Ayyubids -- Mamluks, 1249 -- 1382: Chronological overview ; The Mamluk experience ; The Mamluk state ; Legitimizing rule ; The Mamluk jihad --
Conclusion: The impact of the crusades on the medieval Middle East ; The impact of the crusades on the modern-day Muslim consciousness -- Documents: Extracts from the Qur'an and hadith ; A depiction of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996 - 1021) ; Al-Mas'udi on the Franks ; The fall of Jerusalem to the crusaders: two accounts ; Muslim views of the crusaders and their motives ; Extracts from the Book of the Jihad of 'Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) ; The failure of the second crusade at Damascus: two accounts ; Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wasiti (fl. 1019): extracts from The Merits of Jerusalem ; Ibn al-Athir on Nur al-Din and Saladin ; 'Imad al-Din al-Isfahani on the Battle of Hattin and Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem ; Baha' al-Din ibn Shaddad on Saladin's virtues ; An exchange of letters during the third crusade ; Extract from al-Harawi's treatise on Muslim military tactics ; Usama ibn Munqidh on Frankish culture ; Ibn al-Qayasarani and 'Imad al-Din al-Isfahani on Frankish women ; Al-Kamil Muhammad and the fifth crusade ; Two sources on the handover of Jerusalem to Frederick II ; Ibn al-Dawadari on the Battle of 'Ayn Jalut ; Qalawun's treaty with the Lady of Tyre, 1285 ; Abu'l-Fida' on the fall of Acre, 1291 ; Statements of Usama ibn Ladin (Osama bin Ladin, 1957 - 2011), 1998.
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