The crusades through Arab eyes /
Maalouf, Amin.
The crusades through Arab eyes / Amin Maalouf ; translated by Jon Rothschild. - London : Al Saqi Books : Distributed by Zed Books, 1984. - xvi, 293 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Part one. Invasion (1096-1100). The Franj arrive--An accursed maker of armour--The cannibals of Ma'arra--Part two. Occupation (1100-1128). Tripoli's two thousand days--Turban-clad resistance--Part three. Riposte (1128-1146). The Damascus conspiracies--An emir among barbarians--Part four. Victory (1146-1187). Nūr al-Dīn, the saint-king--The rush for the Nile--The tears of Saladin--Part five. Reprieve (1187-1244). The impossible encounter--The perfect and the just--Part six. Expulsion (1244-1291). The Mongol scourge--God grant that they never set foot there again!
0805208984 £6.95 ($10.95) 0863561136 (hard)
85165439
Crusades.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
DS38.6 / .M33 1984
909/.09767101
The crusades through Arab eyes / Amin Maalouf ; translated by Jon Rothschild. - London : Al Saqi Books : Distributed by Zed Books, 1984. - xvi, 293 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography.
Part one. Invasion (1096-1100). The Franj arrive--An accursed maker of armour--The cannibals of Ma'arra--Part two. Occupation (1100-1128). Tripoli's two thousand days--Turban-clad resistance--Part three. Riposte (1128-1146). The Damascus conspiracies--An emir among barbarians--Part four. Victory (1146-1187). Nūr al-Dīn, the saint-king--The rush for the Nile--The tears of Saladin--Part five. Reprieve (1187-1244). The impossible encounter--The perfect and the just--Part six. Expulsion (1244-1291). The Mongol scourge--God grant that they never set foot there again!
0805208984 £6.95 ($10.95) 0863561136 (hard)
85165439
Crusades.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.
DS38.6 / .M33 1984
909/.09767101