The Crusades through Arab Eyes

Contents

Translator’s Note

PART ONE. INVASION (1096 – 1100)

1. The Franj Arrive

2. An Accursed Maker of Armour

3. The Cannibals of MaÝarra

PART TWO. OCCUPATION (1100 – 1128)

4. Tripoli’s Two Thousand Days

5. Turban-Clad Resistance

PART THREE. RIPOSTE (1128 – 1146)

6. The Damascus Conspiracies

7. An Emir Among Barbarians

PART FOUR. VICTORY (1146 – 1187)

8. NÙr al-DÐn, the Saint-King

9. The Rush for the Nile

10. The Tears of Saladin

PART FIVE. REPRIEVE (1187 – 1244)

11. The Impossible Encounter

12. The Perfect and the Just

PART SIX. EXPULSION (1244 – 1291)

13. The Mongol Scourge

14. God Grant That They Never Set Foot There Again!

Notes and Sources

A Note on Pronunciation