Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period

Acknowledgement — Introduction — Maps — Chapter 1 Travel Literature and Geographical Guides – 1. Al-Harawi on Antioch, Tiberias and its surroundings, Acre, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Ascalon -2. Ibn Jubayr on the Christians of Mount Lebanon and trade between Muslims and Franks – 3. Ibn Jubayr on the cities of Banzas, Acre, Tyre, and the Muslims under Frankish rule – 4. Yaqut al-Hamawi on Ascalon, Jaffa, Caesarea, Atlit, Acre, Tyre, Margat, Saone, and Kerak — Chapter 2 Jihad Books an Juridical Directives – 1. Ibn ‘Asakir on Jihad – Al-‘Izz son of ‘Abd al-Salam’s juridical directive banning the sale of arms to the Franks – 4. Ibn Taymuyya’s juridical directive against the Shi’is — Chapter 3 Chronicles, Memoirs, and Poetry – 1. Ibn al-Athir on the emerence of the Franks – 2. Ibn al-Qalanisi on the capture of Antioch, Ma’arrat al-Nu’man, and Jerusalem, and the attack against Ascalon in 1098-1099 – 3. Ibn Al-Athir on the capture or Jerusalem and the attack against Ascalon – 4. Al-‘Azimi on the Battle of the Field of Blood (1119) and several events between 1108 and 1141 – 5. Hamdan al-Atharibi on receiving a land tenure from the Frankish lord of al-Atharib – 6. Al-Qaysarani’s poems about the Frankish and Greek women in Antioch – 7. Ibn al-Qalanisi on the siege of Damascus in 1148 – 8. Ibn al-Athir on the siege of Damascus – 9. Ibn’asakir’s poem about Nur al-Din in honor of his forces taking Egypt in 1169 – 10. Ibn al-Athir on the defeat of the Franks at Hattin in 1187 – 11. ‘Imad al-Dinal-Ifsahani on the seizure of the Relic of the True Cross, the capture of Tiberias, and the execution of the Frankish prisoners – 12. Rashid al-Din al-Nabulusi’s poem on Saladin’s liberation of Jerusalem in 1187 – 13. Ibn Shaddad on the expedition of the German emperor and the letter of the Armenian catholicos to Saladin in 1190 – 14. Ibn Al-Athir on the Frank’s capture of Damietta in 1219 and their defeat in 1221 – 15. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi on al-Mu’azzam’s destruction of the wall of Jerusalem in 1219 – 16. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi on the Frank’s capture of Damietta in 1219 and their defeat in 1221 – 17. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi on the envoys of Frederick to al-Mu’azzam in 1226 – 18. Ibn Wasil on Frederick arriving in Acre in September 1228 – 19. Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi on Frederick’s visit to the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem in March 1229 – 20. Ibn Wasil on the negotiations between al-Kamil and Frederick, and the emperor’s visit to the Haram of Jerusalem – 21. Ibn Wasil on the handing over of Jerusalem to the Franks in 1243 – 22. Al-Yumini on a local Christian ransoming a Muslim captive from a Frank – 23. Jamal al-Din Ibn Matruh’s poem on the defeat of King Louis IX near Damietta in 1250 – 24. Abu Shama on the Mongol’s capture of Damascus in 1260 – 25. Ibn Wasil on the battle o ‘Ayn Jalut in 1260 and related events – 26. Ibn Wasil on a Muslim embassy to Emperor Manfred in 1262 – 27. Baybars al-Mansuri on the capture of Crac des Chevaliers (1271) the death of the Sultan Baybars (1278) and teh capture of Tyre, Sidon, Atlit, Beirut, and Haifa (1291) – 28. Al-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani on Peter of Cyprus’s sack of Alexandria in 1365 — Chapter 4 Biographies – 1. Ibn ‘Asakir on Jesus – 2. Ibn ‘Asakir on al-Findalawii – 3. Ibn ‘Asakir on Nur al-Din – 4. Sibt Ibn al-jawzi on al-Mu’azzam – 5. Al-Dhahabi on al-Mu’azzam – 6. Ibn Abu Usaybi’a on the Christian physician Ya’qub son of Siqlab – 7. Al-Dhahabi on the Christian physicianya’qub son of Siqlab — Chapter 5 Correspondences, Treaties, and Truces – 1. Al-Qalqashandi’s account of Saladin’s letter of condolence to King Baldwin IV in 1174 – 2. Ibn Shadda on Saladin’s negotiations with Richard the Lionheart in 1191 and the latter’s proposal that al-‘Adil marry Richard’s sister Joan – 3. Ibn Nazif al-Hamawi’s account of Frederick’s letter to commander Fakhr al-Din son of Shaykh al-Shuyukh – 4. Al-Qalqashandi’s account of the oaths of the truce between Sultan Qalawun and the Franks of Acre, Sidon, and Atlit — Chapter 6 Inscriptions – 1. Fatimid inscription on a tower fortification in Ascalon (1150) – 2. Inscription on the pulpit that Nur al-Din commissioned for the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (1168-1169) – 3. Inscription panel marking the foundation of a trench around the fortification wall of the old city of Jerusalem during the reign of Saladin (1191) – 4. Inscription above the entrance to St.
Anne’s Church in Jerusalem, transformed into a college of Shafi’i law and named after Saladin al-Madrasa al-Salihiyya (1192) – 5. Inscription above the main entrance gate to the shrine in Hebron housing the cenotaphs of Isaac and Rebecca (1215) – 6. Foundation inscription on the wall of the Fortress os Subayba (Nimrod’s Fortress) on the hllls overlooking Bayas (1228) – 7. Inscription above the arch of the gate to the northwest tower of the Fortress of Subaya – 8. Inscription on a mosque in the village of Bayt Hanun (1239) – 9. Inscription on the mausoleum of Khalid son of al-Walid in Hims (1266) – 10. Inscription on the shrine of Salman al-Farisi in Ashood (1269) – 11. Inscription commemorating Baybars’s renovations of Crac des Chevaliers (1271) – 12. Inscription commemorating Baybars’s renovations of the Fortress of Subaya (1275) – 13. Inscription on a hospice for pilgrims in Jerusalem (1282) – 15. Inscription on the top and the bottom of the two doors of the gate that leads to the shrine housing the cenotaphs of Abraham and Sarah (1286) — Apprendix A Islamic calendar — Apprendix B Quranic Verses on war and peace — Appendix C Bibliographic Overview of the Major Muslim sources of the Crusader Period — Apprendix D Glossary of Dynasties, Persons, Sects, Terms, etc. — Bibliography –index A Honorific titles — Index B names — Index C Place Names — Index D Terms and Events — Index E Quranic and Biblical References.