The Crusades : Islamic perspectives /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Yasir Suleiman
- Glossary of Islamic terms
- Glossary of Arabic military terms
- Chronological list of major medieval Islamic authors mentioned in the text
- Chronological table of important events until the fall of Acre in 690/1291
- Dynastic tables
- Prologue
- The first crusade and the Muslim's initial reactions to the coming of the Franks
- Jihad in the period 493-569/1100-1174
- Jihad in the period from the death of Nur al-Din until the fall of Acre (569-690/1174-1291)
- How the Muslims saw the Franks : ethnic and religious stereotypes
- Aspects of life in the Levant in the crusading period
- Armies, arms, armour and fortifications
- The conduct of war
- Epilogue The heritage of the crusades.