![]() Andrea, Emeritus Professor of History, The University of VermontĮdited and Translated, with an Introduction, byĬhapter 1: Travel Literature and Geographical Guidesġ. “Historians and instructors alike will enthusiastically greet this book, which presents in a student-friendly manner Islamic sources relating to the crusades that are not otherwise available to persons who lack a working knowledge of Arabic and its rich literary treasury.” Hugh Kennedy, SOAS, University of London This is a new and exciting collection which will open new horizons for students and teachers alike.” Another strength is that the translations are, in all cases, the authors’ own work, giving fresh and interesting versions of such well-known classics as the Rihla of Ibn Jubayr. Among the many strengths of this collection is that it gives due weight to thirteenth-century writings, often neglected but often interesting. Each section is followed by a few questions, ideal essay subjects for advanced students and thought provoking for general readers. The collection includes not just little-known narrative historians, like the lively and original Ibn Wasil, but also letters, sermons, and inscriptions. This volume, however, gives us a whole wide range of materials, only a few of which are accessible to non-Arabists. “In the last century, many of the main Arabic chronicles of the crusading period have been made available in English translations and are now well-known. Mourad (Professor of Religion, Smith College)Īvailable for pre-order. Lindsay (Professor of History, Colorado State University) Many of these sources are translated here into English for the first time. We equally hope that this anthology will be useful to researchers who seek a better understanding of the contemporary Islamic perspectives on the Crusades and the period in general, and who might encounter for the first time some of the sources that we included. It is our hope that colleagues who teach courses on the Crusades as well as courses on the pre-modern Islamic Near East will find this anthology useful in their own teaching. We have prioritized representative examples of the many disparate types of Muslim sources that we believe provide a more complete picture of the Islamic Near East in the Crusader period, and the interactions between Franks and Muslims (which ranged from animosity to amity) in the broader context of Islamic history. Written in greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, these Arabic sources provide eyewitness and contemporary historical accounts of what unfolded in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. We are pleased to announce our forthcoming publication, Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period: An Anthology (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2021).
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