Muslims and Crusaders : Christianity's Wars in the Middle East, 1095-1382, from the Islamic Sources / Niall Christie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christie, Niall.

Series:

Seminar studies in history

Seminar studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crusades.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--To 1500.

Christianity and other religions.

Muslims--Middle East--History--To 1500.

Muslims.

Relations.

Christianity.

History.

Middle East.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xl, 186 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Previous works on the Muslim side of the Crusades 1

The limitations of this work 2

The Muslim sources for the crusading period 3

2 The Muslim World Before the Crusades 6

A Brief history 6

Core beliefs and practices 8

Sunnis and Shi'ites 12

The Pranks through Muslim eyes before 1096 14

The Muslim Levant on the eve of the Crusades 15

Further reading 17

3 The First Crusade and the Muslim Response, 1095-1146 18

Chronological overview 18

The problem of the sources 20

Muslim views of the crusaders' motives 21

The first signs of the counter-crusade 24

Zangi: the first great counter-crusader? 27

Conclusion 28

Further reading 29

4 Nur Al-Din and Saladin, 1146-74 30

Chronological overview 30

The Second Crusade through Muslim eyes 33

Nur al-Din: 'la plaque lournante'? 35

Saladin and Nur al-Din 40

Conclusion 41

Further reading 42

5 Victory and Stalemate, 1174-93 43

Chronological overview 43

The problem of the sources 48

The articulation of power 49

The victorious mujahid 59

The Third Crusade 54

Conclusion 56

Further reading 57

6 War and Place in the Twelfth-Century Levant 58

The problem of the sources 58

The 'Franks' 60

The conduct of war 62

Muslims under Frankish rule 68

Truces and trade 73

Muslim views on Frankish culture 77

Conclusion 86

Further reading 86

7 The Successors of Saladin, 1193-1249 88

Chronological overview 88

Family politics 91

The Ayyubids and the jihad 93

Relations with the Franks 94

Critics of the Ayyubids 96

Conclusion 97

Further reading 98

8 The Mamluks, 1249-1382 99

Chronological overview 99

The Mamluk experience 103

The Mamluk state 104

Legitimizing rule 105

The Mamluk jihad 107

Conclusion 110

Further reading 111

9 Conclusion 112

The impact of the Crusades on the medieval Middle Fast 112

The impact of the Crusades on the modern-day Muslim consciousness 114

Final words 117

Further reading 119

Documents 121

1 Extracts from the Qur'an and hadith 122

2 A depiction of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996-1021) 125

3 Al-Mas'udi on the Franks 125

4 The fall of Jerusalem to the crusaders: two accounts 127

5 Muslim views of the crusaders and their motives 129

6 Extracts from the Book of the Jihad of 'Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) 133

7 The failure of the Second Crusade at Damascus: two accounts 135

8 Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wasiti (fl. 1019): extracts from The Merits of Jerusalem 137

9 Ibn al-Athir on Nur al-Dm and Saladin 138

10 Tmad al-Din al-lsfahani on the Battle of Hattin and Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem 139

11 Baha' al-Din ibn Shaddad on Saladin's virtues 142

12 An exchange of letters during the Third Crusade 145

13 Extract from al-Harawi's treatise on Muslim military tactics 146

14 Usama ibn Munqidh on Prankish culture 147

15 Ibn al-Qaysarani and 'Imad al-Din al-lsfahani on Frankish women 151

16 Al-Kamil Muhammad and the Fifth Crusade 153

17 Two sources on the handover of Jerusalem to Frederick II 155

18 Ibn al-Dawadari on the Battle of 'Ayn Jalut 158

19 Qalawun's treaty with the Lady of Tyre, 1285 159

20 Abu'l-Fida' on the fall of Acre, 1291 161

21 Statements of Usama ibn Ladin (Osama bin Laden, 1957-2011), 1998 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138022737

113802273X

9781138022744

1138022748

OCLC:

868199923