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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

By Amin Maalouf

Category: Middle Eastern World History

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• Paperback$17.95Apr 29, 1989 | ISBN 9780805208986ADD TO CARTBuy from Other Retailers:AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A MillionBookshop.orgHudson BooksellersPowell’sTargetWalmart

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ABOUT THE CRUSADES THROUGH ARAB EYES

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.

PRAISE

“The Crusades Through Arab Eyes may be warmly recommended to lay-readers and students alike.”
—The Times Literary Supplement (London)

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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