{283} INDEX C
al-ʿAbbasa, 129, 129n167
Acre (ʿAkka), 14, 16–17, 28–30, 36, 67, 78, 80, 83, 99, 100n117, 113, 114, 121–123, 126, 128, 157, 161, 176–177, 193–194, 207n5, 229, 239; al-Harawi’s descriptions of, 4–5; Ibn Jubayr’s descriptions of, 19–21, 22–23, 25–27; Yaqut’s descriptions of, 33–35; Franks’ capture of in 1191, 104–106; Frederick II’s arrival in 1228, 118–120; oaths of truce regarding, 200–203; Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil’s capture of in 1291, 147
Aleppo, 1, 28, 59, 71, 72n40, 73nn50–51, 74–76, 78, 83–84, 86, 89, 99, 135–136, 163, 165–167, 169n49, 181, 184, 197n15, 227–231, 233, 235, 237, 240, 251, 255
Alexandria, xx, 11, 11n62, 15, 26, 175, 184, 233–234; Peter of Cyprus’s sack of, 149–155
ʿAmman, 13, 175n67, 180
Andalusia, 59, 59n3, 125
Antartus. See Tartus.
Antioch, 37, 37n148, 61, 66, 71, 72n32, 72n40, 73, 73n53, 76 137n187, 166, 166nn38–40, 167n44, 169, 239, 244; al-Harawi’s description of, 1–2; al-Qaysarani on the Frankish women in, 78–79; Ibn al-Qalanisi on the capture of in 1098, 62–63
Apamea, 166
Apollonius (Balynias), 31, 31n118
Apulia, 117, 125
al-ʿAqiq, 2
Aqsa Mosque, 6–8, 7n39, 14, 67, 89, 108, 119n154, 121, 123, 128, 138n191, 206, 251
al-Aqsis, 60, 60n6
Armanaz, 63, 63n9
Armenia, 73, 210, 244
Ascalon, xxi–xxii, 1, 11n63, 30n110, 62, 65, 66, 67, 69–70, 128, 194, 209n10, 244; al-Harawi’s description of, 13, 13n72, 14; Fatimid inscription, 205; Yaqut’s description of, 28–29
al-Atharib, 73, 76, 76n72, 77
Atlit, xxi, 28, 33, 144, 147, 200, 201, 202
ʿAyn Jalut, 135n179, 137, 139–142, 208n9, 244, 250
ʿAyntab (fortress), 166
Aʿzaz, 166
Baalbek, 39, 72, 87, 130, 168, 184, 196, 233–234
Badr (battle), 220
Baghdad, xix, 28, 36–37, 37nn144–146, 38n151, 55, 55nn22–23, 56, 59, 66, 68, 68n19, 73n53, 76, 78, 84, 94, 99, 107, 111, 116, 123n158, 174n57, 175, 178n75, 228–230, 237, 239, 240, 243, 246, 248, 253
Balata, 12
Balatunus (fortress), 72
Balis (Barbalissos), 71, 74, 74n59
{284} Balkh, 29n108
al-Balqaʾ, 39, 175
Baniyas (Balanea), 17n79, 37, 37n148, 145n211, 167, 167n44, 169
Banyas (Belinas), 17, 17n79, 37n148, 86, 162, 167n44, 208
al-Baqiʿ, 2
al-Bara (castle), 166
Bari, 125n161. See also Apulia.
Barletta, 199
Basarfut (castle), 166
Baysan. See Beit Shean.
Bayt Jibrin, 13, 29
Beaufort (al-Shaqif), 50, 244
Beirut, 33n124, 72, 144, 147, 203
Beit Shean (Baysan), 2, 182
Belda, 145, 145n212
Bethlehem, 1, 2, 10, 12
Bijaya, 20, 25
Bikisraʾil (fortress), 72, 72n39
Bilbis, 56, 170
Biqaʿ, 82
al-Bira, 121
Buna, 25
Byblos (Jubayl), 92, 96
Byzantium, 61, 80, 165. See also Byzantines.
Caesarea, 28, 30, 30n110, 31–33, 78, 110, 182, 244; Muʿawiya’s conquest of, 32
Calabria, 197
Canaan, 13n68, 67n17, 201n26
Capharda. See Kafartab.
Casal. See al-Zab.
Cave of the Spirits, 6, 7
Chastel Neuf. See Hunin.
Church of Mary (Cathedral of St. Mary), 137, 137n187, 138
Church of Refuse (Kanisat al-Qumama), 9, 9n53. See also Church of the Resurrection.
Church of the Ascension, 8
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. See Church of the Resurrection.
Church of the Nativity, 10
Church of the Resurrection (Kanisat al-Qiyama), 9n53, 10n55
Church of St. Anne, 207
Church of the Tree, 3
Cilicia. See Armenia.
College of Hadith (Damascus), 41, 130
College, Khatuniyya (Damascus), 167n42
College, Nizamiyya (Baghdad), 66, 99, 229, 237
College, Saladin (Cairo), 48, 52
College, Saladin (Jerusalem), 116, 207
Constantinople, 20, 61, 75, 80, 86, 113n146, 161, 169, 198n17, 252
Crac des Chevaliers (Husn al-Akrad), 203, 211, 211n16, 244; capture of by Baybars in 1271, 144–145
Cyprus, xx, 34, 55, 234; Peter of Cyprus’s sack of Alexandria, 149–155
Damascus, early Muslim conquest of, 2n7, 137–138; Franks purchasing arms in, 50; Mongols’ capture of, 134–136; Nur al-Din’s siege of, 167; retaliations against the Christians of, 137–139; Second Crusade’s siege of, xxi, 80–88, 163, 220
Damietta, and Fifth Crusade, 107, 109–114, 181n89; capture of King Louis IX in 1250, 132
Darayya, 137
Daʿuq, 182
Dawsar (fortress), 171
Dome of the Chain, 6, 6n35, 7
Dome of the Rock, 5–8, 14, 67, 108, 119, 119n154, 121–123, 128, 134, 251. See also Noble Sanctuary.
Duluk, 166
Dunaysir, 111
Dura, 208
Edessa, 67, 72, 75n68, 101n119, 165, 166, 166n37, 168, 255–256
{285} Egypt, Nur al-Din’s occupation of, 56, 89–90, 169–170, 253; Amalric I’s attack against, 169–170; Fatimid conquest of, 170n51, 246; and Fifth Crusade, 109–114; King Louis IX’s attack against, 124, 132–133; Ottoman conquest of, 243, 252
Eilat (Ayla), 39
Gaza, 14, 29, 60, 128–129, 141, 209n11
Germany, 197
Ghuta, 135, 159. See Damascus.
Gibelin. See Bayt Jibrin.
Gizre, 59, 87n94, 229. See also Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar.
Granada, xix, 15, 239–240
Green Field (al-Midan al-akhdar), 86, 86n91, 135–136
Haifa, 144, 147, 244
Hama, 24, 74n64, 116, 139–140, 168, 196, 231–233, 238
Harim, 166, 169
Harran, 54, 75, 110–111, 168, 196, 242
Hattin, 3, 91–96, 106, 228, 251
Hawran, 177
Hazrama, 135
Hijaz, 16, 139, 162, 180, 244, 246
Hulwan, 68
Hunin (Chastel Neuf), 17
Husn al-Akrad. See Crac des Chevaliers.
Ifriqiya, 60n4. See also North Africa.
Innib, 166, 166n38; castle of, 166
Irbil, 117
Iskandaruna (Iscandelion), 20
al-Istil, 17
Italy, xv, 125n161, 197
Jabala, 37, 72, 72n39, 145n212
Jaʿbar (fortress), 165, 196, 231
Jaffa, 3n13, 26nn99–100, 115, 194, 244; Frederick II in, 119; Saladin’s conquest of, 30; Yaqut’s description of, 28, 30, 30n110
Jaffa Gate (Jerusalem), 158
Jazira. See Northern Mesopotamia.
Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar, 59, 87, 229
Jericho, 13, 182, 188n100, 202n26
Jerusalem, xiii–xiv, xxii, 16, 26, 26nn99–101, 27, 33, 35, 38–39, 48, 51–52, 60n6, 67nn17–18, 71, 80, 89, 94, 100, 102–103, 113, 128–129, 134, 138n191, 158, 180, 182, 188, 188n100, 190–192, 194, 197, 198n17, 202, 206, 206n3, 207, 210n14, 213, 213n21, 216–217, 227–228, 230, 232, 239–242, 245, 249, 251; al-Harawi’s description of, 1, 5–9, 9n52, 10, 12–14; as qibla, 210n14, 252; destruction of the walls of by al-Muʿazzam, 107–108, 184; Fatimids’ conquest of, 63, 66–67, 73n47, 110n139; Frederick II’s visit to, 119–124, 127; Ibn al-Qalanisi on the conquest of in 1099, 62–65; Ibn al-Athir’s on the conquest of, 66–70; negotiations over, 114–115; Rashid al-Din’s poem on, 97–98; Saladin’s conquest of, 3, 26n101, 38, 97–98, 122, 251
Jordan, district of (al-Urdunn), 2, 2n8, 33–34, 36
Jordan, modern country of, 3n18, 28n102, 39n154, 175n67, 181n86
Jordan River, 115, 128n166, 141, 201
Jubayl. See Byblos.
Kaʿba, 5n27, 252
Kafar Burayk, 208
Kafar Latha (castle), 166
Kafar Manda, 3
Kafartab, 64, 165
Karbala, 13n72, 247
al-Karmil (Mount Carmel), 176–177
Kerak, 16, 92–93, 108, 144, 232; Yaqut’s description of, 28, 28n102, 39
Khalid (fortress), 166
al-Khalil. See Hebron.
Khurasan, 55n22, 66, 84, 237
{286} Khuwaylifa, 11, 11n63
Kidron Valley, 8, 8n46, 188n100
Konya, 101–102, 124
Laʿat ʿAdan (town in Yemen), 2
Lake Tiberias, 2, 2n8, 17n79, 26, 37n148, 91, 167n44
Latakiya, 37n148, 167n44
Lebanon, xx, 3n18, 15, 32, 54, 246
Longobardy, 197
Lucera, 125
al-Lukamiyya, 72, 72n43
Lydda, 210n15
Maʿarrat al-Nuʿman, 62–64, 165
Maʿarrat Misrin, 63, 63n9
Madaʾin, 210n15
Manbij, 168
Mar Saba. See al-Siq.
Marʿash, 166
Mardin, 73n47, 110–111, 135
Margat, 28, 37, 145n211, 252. See also al-Marqab.
al-Marqab, 37, 145n211, 203, 252
al-Masiyya, 17
al-Massisa (Mopsuestia), 32, 102
Mayyafariqin, 135, 138n183, 184, 233
Mecca, xix, 3, 5, 5n27, 5n29, 8, 8n44, 15, 37n143, 44n6, 74, 93, 99, 112, 122, 144, 162, 168, 168n45, 180–181, 184, 201, 210n14, 215–216, 220, 223, 233, 240, 246–247, 250, 252, 255
Medina, 2nn11–12, 69, 93, 112, 138n191, 138n194, 168, 168nn45–47, 210n14, 215, 246–247, 252
Mediterranean, xiii, xiv, xiv n2, xv, xviii n18, xx, 28n102, 29–30, 33, 36, 36n142, 37, 115, 244, 246, 250, 253
Midian, 3, 4n20
Mirʿish, 74
Mizza, 81
Montfort, 244
Mosul, xix, 1, 59, 71n29, 72n41, 83n84, 84, 89, 94, 99, 135, 144, 163, 165–166, 169, 169n49, 228–229, 231, 239, 251, 255
Mount Carmel. See al-Karmil.
Mount Gerizim. See al-Tur.
Mount of Olives, 8n46, 9, 210n15
Mount Silpius, 2
Mount Zion. See Zion; Church of Zion.
al-Muʿalla, 181
al-Munaytra, 167
Nablus, 8n41, 12, 51, 97, 110, 118, 122, 176–177, 184, 233. See also Shechem.
Nahr al-Jawz, 166
Najran, 38
al-Naqar, 182
al-Nayrab, 85, 163
Nazareth, 3n13, 4, 159n10
Nile River, 50, 112, 129, 236
Nimrod’s Fortress. See Subayba.
Noble Sanctuary (Jerusalem), 118–119, 121, 123, 128, 251. See also Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.
North Africa (North Africans), xv, xx, 15, 18, 23–25, 48, 54n20, 55n24, 60, 87n93, 139, 151–152, 242–243, 246
Northern Mesopotamia (al-Jazira), xiv n3, xv, 59, 71, 110n139, 115, 135n183, 136, 169n49, 181n89, 184, 196, 225, 228–229, 231, 233, 242, 244, 251, 253, 255
Nudar, 175
Orontes valley, 73
Palestine, xvii, xix, 9, 11n63, 15–16, 29, 30–32, 39, 41n2, 110, 115, 116, 129n167, 134, 135n179, 209n11, 210n15, 231–232, 235, 239–242, 244, 246, 249, 251
Palmyra, 111n143, 168
Qarawa, 182
Qasyun, 179, 180
Qaymun, 182
Qayniya, 163, 163n28
{287} Qusayr, 112, 112n45
Raʿban, 130–131
al-Rabwa, 81, 83, 158, 159n5, 163
Ramla, 11n63, 64, 182n90
Raqqa, 165, 168
al-Raʾs, 130
al-Rawandan (fortress), 166
Rome, 31n118, 38, 125, 125n160, 126, 161, 197
Safed, 244
Salamiyya, 111
Saleph River (Göksu), 100n116
al-Salihiyya, 140, 141
Saône (Sihyawn), 28, 38
Sarkhad, 168
al-Shaqif. See Beaufort.
Shayzar, 75, 75n65, 165, 168, 171, 238
Shechem, 8n41, 12n65. See also Nablus.
Sicily, xv, xv n5, 15, 22, 59–60, 118–119, 125, 194, 197, 229, 232, 240
Sidon, xxi, 14, 36, 50, 198, 200–202; Baybars’s capture of, 144, 147
Siloam, Pool of, 8, 8n43
Sinjar, 168
al-Siq (Mar Saba Monastery), 188
Siwas, 147
Soldiers’ Camps (outside Damascus), 81
Spain, xv, xix, 15, 59, 59n3, 229, 239–240, 255
Subayba (Nimrod’s Fortress), 208, 208n9, 209, 211, 211n17, 244
Syria, Saladin’s conquest of, 56; Nur al-Din’s conquest of, 56
Tabuk, 181
Tall ʿAfrin, 73
Tall al-ʿUjul, 121
Tall Bashir, 166
Tartus, 37n148, 145n210, 167n44
Tawq, 182
Temple Mount, 4n21, 6n35, 31n119, 44, 118n154, 251. See also Noble Sanctuary.
Tiberias, 2–4, 25–26, 31, 94–95, 128, 128n166
Tibnin (Toron), 17–18, 26, 93n99
Toledo, 59
Toron. See Tibnin.
Tortosa. See Tartus.
Tower of David (Jerusalem), 63, 65, 67
Tripoli, 25, 32, 36, 72, 72n35, 73n54, 83, 87, 87n94, 91n97, 93, 95, 95n102, 111–112, 130, 144, 151, 161, 178, 237, 252; Franks’ capture of, 71
al-Tur (Mount Gerizim), 4
Tuscany, 197
Tyre, xxii, 14, 80, 93, 105, 157, 161; Baybars’s capture of, 144, 147; Ibn Jubayr’s visit and description of, 17, 20–22, 25–27; Yaqut’s description of, 28, 33–36, 36n142, 37, 37n145
Uhud, 168; Battle of, 153, 155
Umayyad Mosque (Damascus), 13n72, 41, 48, 50, 78, 138, 138n193, 138n196, 236, 242
al-ʿUrayma (castle), 83, 87, 88
Valencia, xix, 15, 239
Yaman, 74
Yemen, 2, 5n28, 112n144, 139, 149, 244, 251
Yunin, 130
al-Zab (Casal), 20
Zamzam, 8, 8n44
Zion, 38; Mount of, 8n46, 67, 67n17; Church of, 8, 38