D.S. Richards

The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 1

The Years 491-541/1097-1146: The Coming of the Franks and the Muslim Response

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Produktbeschreibung

Dealing with the Islamice history, this title focuses on the time of the arrival of the Crusaders in the Levant, their activities and the Muslim response. It covers the establishment of the Crusader states and the initial weak and divided response of Muslim regimes in the area, the moribund Fatimid caliphate in Egypt and competing emirs in Syria.

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Produktdetails

• Crusade Texts in Translation
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780754669500
• ISBN-10: 0754669505
• Artikelnr.: 42353694

Autorenporträt

D.S. Richards has retired as Lecturer in Arabic at the Oriental Institute, and is Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford, U.K.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction: The author, Ibn al
Athir; The writings of Ibn al
Athir; The chronicle, al
Kamil fi'l
ta'rikh; Editions and previous translations of al
Kamil; The present translation. The Chronicle of Ibn al
Athir: year 491 [1097
98] to year 541 [1146
47]. Bibliographical references; Index.