TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maalouf,Amin
TI  - The crusades through Arab eyes
SN  - 0805208984
AV  - DS38.6 .M33 1984
U1  - 909/.09767101 19
PY  - 1984///
CY  - London
PB  - Al Saqi Books, Distributed by Zed Books
KW  - Crusades
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  - History
KW  - 750-1258
N1  - 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!
ER  -