Medieval Muslim Historians

In Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant seven leading scholars examine the lives and historical writings of seven medieval Muslim historians

Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant
Series: Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades
By Alex Mallett (Ed)
BRILL 2014
ISBN-10: 9004277412
ISBN-13: 978-9004277410

ABSTRACT:

In Medieval Muslim Historians and the Franks in the Levant seven leading scholars examine the lives and historical writings of seven medieval Muslim historians whose works are relevant to the history of the crusading period in the Levant (c.1097-c.1291). Contributors include: Frédéric Bauden, Niall Christie, Anne-Marie Eddé, Konrad Hirschler, Alex Mallett, and Françoise Micheau, Lutz Richter-Bernburg

CONTENTS:

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• Ibn al-Qalānisī
• ʿImād al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī
• Ibn al-Athīr
• Sibṭ Ibn al-Jawzī
• Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar Ibn al-ʿAdīm
• Ibn Wāṣil: An Ayyūbid Perspective on Frankish Lordships and Crusades
• Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Maqrīzī
• Index

ABOUT THE EDITOR:

Alex Mallett (Ph.D. 2009, University of Edinburgh) is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. He is the author of Popular Muslim Reactions to the Franks in the Levant, 1097-1291 (Ashgate, 2014), and co-editor of the five-volume series Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History (Brill, 2009-2013).