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9780805208986

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805208986

  • ISBN10:

    0805208984

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1989-04-29
  • Publisher: Schocken

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Summary

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.

Author Biography

AMIN MAALOUF was director of the weekly international edition of the leading Beirut daily an-Nahar, and was also editor-on-chief of Jeune Afrique.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Part One: Invasion (1096-1100)
1. The Franj Arrive
2. An Accursed Maker of Armour
3. The Cannibals of Ma'arra

Part Two: Occupation (1100-1128)
4. Tripoli's Two Thousand Days
5. Turban-Clad Resistance

Part Three: Riposte (1128-1146)
6. The Damascus Conspiracies
7. An Emir Among Barbarians

Part Four: Victory (1146-1187)
8. Nur al-Din, the Saint-King
9. The Rush for the Nile
10. The Tears of Saladin

Part Five: Reprieve (1187-1244)
11. The Impossible Encounter
12. The Perfect and the Just

Part Six: Expulsion (1244-1291)
13. The Mongol Scourge
14. God Grant That They Never Set Foot There Again!

Epilogue
Chronology
Glossary

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