Alliances and treaties between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East : cross-cultural diplomacy in the period of the Crusades / by Michael Köhler ; translated by Peter M. Holt ; revised, edited and introduced by Konrad Hirschler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohler, Michael.

Contributor:

Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm)

Hirschler, Konrad

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Muslim world in the age of the Crusades : studies and texts ; v. 1.

The Muslim world in the age of the Crusades : studies and texts ; v. 1

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Latin Orient--Foreign relations--Islamic Empire.

Latin Orient.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--Latin Orient.

Islamic Empire.

Crusades--First, 1096-1099.

Crusades.

Jerusalem--History--Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244.

Jerusalem.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--750-1258.

Local Subjects:

Crusades--First, 1096-1099.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--750-1258.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--Latin Orient.

Jerusalem--History--Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244.

Latin Orient--Foreign relations--Islamic Empire.

Physical Description:

xv, 368 pages : color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Summary:

In Alliances and Treaties between Frankish and Muslim Rulers Michael Köhler presents a fully integrated study of Frankish-Muslim diplomacy in the period from the First Crusade through to the thirteenth century. It is a ground-breaking study that challenges preconceived notions of the relations between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East. Commonly portrayed as an era of conflict, the period appears here as one on which conventions of diplomatic cooperation were commonplace: This book is one of the few works in the fields of Crusader Studies and Middle Eastern Studies that draws to the same extent on Arabic and Western sources; two textual traditions that have usually been studied in isolation from each other. Book jacket.

Contents:

I The Development of the Syrian System of Autonomous Lordships (c. 1070-1099) 7

The System of Autonomous Lordships before the First Crusade (c. 1070-1099) 8

Frankish-Muslim Alliances and Treaties during the First Crusade (1097-99) 20

II Relations Between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab States in the Period of the Syrian Autonomous Rulers (1098-1158) 59

The Territorial Expansion of the Frankish Lordships and Their Integration (1098-1112/13) 62

The Paradigm of the 'Counter-Crusade': The Syrian Lordships and the Advance of Turkish Allied Armies from the East (1098-1128) 90

Syrian Alliance Politics from the Expansion of the Zengid Dominions to the Frankish-Byzantine Rapprochement (1128-58) 127

III Frankish-Muslim Relations in the Period of Nur al-Din and Saladin (1158-92) 175

The Expansion of the 'No Place' Doctrine and Frankish Policy Towards Egypt and Byzantium (1158-74) 179

Franks, Zengids and Nizaris: The Syrian Lordships Confronting the Expansion of the Ayyubid Dominions (1174-83) 213

Between Treaty Policy and Confrontation, Subordination and Jihad: Frankish-Ayyubid Relations from the Peak of the Party Disputes in Jerusalem to the End of Saladin's Life (1184-93) 246

A Glance at Frankish-Muslim Relations in the Thirteenth Century 267

IV Instruments and Implications of Frankish-Muslim Legal Relations in the Middle East during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 277

Technicalities and Validity of Frankish-Muslim Treaties in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 291

The Formation and Function of Muslim-Frankish Condominia (munasafat) in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 312.

Notes:

Translated from German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004248579

9789004248571

9789004248908

9004248900

OCLC:

823014153

Publisher Number:

99954746208