Building upon previous volumes by the same editor, this book contains studies of nine of the most important writers of Arabic-language textual sources for the C

Drawn from greater Syria, northern Mesopotamia, and Egypt, the sources in this anthology—many of which are translated into English for the first time here--pr

The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorde

Building upon previous volumes by the same editor, this book contains studies of nine of the most important Arabic-language textual sources for the Crusades and

This outstanding work on the First Crusade was written by an Arab scholar from an old and respected family of Damascus. Well-educated in literature, theology an