The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 1 (Crusade Texts in Translation)

by D . S . Richards (Author)

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  2010

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  Dealing with the Islamice history, this title focuses on the time of the arrival of the Crusaders in the Levant, their activities and the Muslim response. It covers the establishment of the Crusader states and the initial weak and divided response of Muslim regimes in the area, the moribund Fatimid caliphate in Egypt and competing emirs in Syria.