The Crusades - Islamic perspectives

Carole Hillenbrand

Psychology Press, 2000 - History - 648 pages

Nine hundred years after the Crusader capture of Jerusalem, Carole Hillenbrand shows us the other side of conquest. This comprehensive work of cultural history gives us something we have never had: a view of the Crusades as seen through Muslim eyes. With breathtaking command of medieval Muslim sources as well as the vast literature on medieval European and Muslim culture, Carole Hillenbrand has produced a book that shows not only how the Crusades were perceived by the Muslims, but how the Crusades affected the Muslim world - militarily, culturally, and psychologically. As the author persuasively demonstrates, that influence continues now, centuries after the events.

In The Crusadesthe reader discovers how the Muslims reacted to the Franks, and how Muslim populations were displaced, the ensuing period of jihad, the careers of Nur al-Din and Saladin, and the interpenetration of Muslim and Christian cultures. Stereotypes of the Franks in Muslim documents offer a fascinating counter to Western views of the infidel of legend.

For readers interested in the Middle Ages, military history, the history of religion, and postcolonial studies, The Crusadesopens a window onto a conflict we have only viewed from one side.

The Crusades is richly illustrated, with eighteen color plates and over five hundred line drawings and black and white photographs.

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Contents

• Expanded Contents List: xv
• Prefaee hy Yasir Suleiman xxxvji: xxxix
• Kev to Ahbreviations Used in the Text: liv
• Expanded Contents List: 1
• The Nature of Medieval Muslim Sources: 9
• The First Crusade and the Muslims Initial Reactions: 31
• The Eastern Perspective Seljuq Disunity 48549210921099: 38
• A Summary of the State of the Islamic Lands on the Eve of the First Crusade: 47
• Muslim Accounts: 54
• The Conquest of Jerusalem M: 63
• Muslim Reactions to the First Crusade and the Establishment of: 69
• Crusader Expansionism and Muslim Disunity 49151810991124: 76
• Tailpiece: 83
• Jihad in the Period 49356911001174: 89
• Spiritual Jihad the Greater Jibadj: 97
• The Lack of Jihad Spirit in Syria and Palestine: 103
• Zengi and the Fall of Edessa: 112
• The Religious Dimensions of the Career of Nur alDin: 118
• The Image of Nur alDin in the Written Sources: 132
• The General Status of Jerusalem in the Medieval Islamic World: 141
• The Role of Jerusalem in the Propaganda of the CounterCrusade: 150
• Jihad Literature from the Time of Nur alDin: 161
• fihad in the Period 49356911001174: 171
• The Evidence of the Medieval Muslim Chroniclers: 180
• Saladin and Jerusalem: 188
• Nur alDin and Saladin a Comparison: 193
• A Hollow Sham?: 204
• The Fate of Jerusalem in the Ayyubid Period 21 1: 211
• The Power of the Preacher to Rouse the Populace to Jihad: 221
• The Mamluk Period until the Fall of Acre 648690125012yi: 227
• The Evidence of the Chronielers: 237
• An Overview 24: 246
• How the Muslims Saw the Franks Ethnic: 257
• Usama and Ibn Jubayr Two Contemporary Sources: 263
• Later Medieval Views of the Franks in the Cosmographical: 271
• The Religious Dimension: 282
• The Frankish Thrcat to the Pilgrimage and to the Holy Cities: 291
• The Evidence of Contemporary Muslim Poctry: 297
• Whats in a Name?: 303
• Muslim Polemic and Propaganda about Frankish Christianity: 310
• The Propaganda Value of Saladins Magnanimity: 316
• Aspects of Life in the Levant in the Crusading Period: 329
• Muslim Views of the Frankish Leadership: 336
• Frankish women: 347
• Was the Frankish Lifestyle Influenced by the Muslims?: 354
• Travel: 366
• The Incidence of Conversion amongst Muslims and Franks: 375
• Cultural Exchanges between Muslims and Franks the Evidence: 381
• The LongTerm Effects of CrusaderMuslim Contact: 391
• Conclusions: 419
• Aspects of Life in the Levant in the Crusading Period: 431
• The Aims of this Chapter: 432
• The Mirrors for Princes Literature: 439
• The Arms and Armour of the Muslims: 450
• Fortifications in the Levant in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: 467
• The Conduct of War: 511
• A Muslim Army on the Move s: 533
• General Remarks: 540
• The Naval Dimension: 556
• An Overview of the Value of the Islamic Sources on the Conduct of War: 578
• Epilogue The Heritage of the Crusades: 589
• Some General Reflections: 611
• Bibliography: 617

About the author

Carole Hillenbrand is Reader in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Crusades - Islamic perspectives
• Author: Carole Hillenbrand
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint, annotated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0415929148, 9780415929141
• Length: 648 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General