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Loading... The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh: Part 1by D.S. Richards
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. We have here one of the principal sources for an Islamic view of the Crusades. al-Athir was an Iraqi who died about 1233 just as the Mongol irruption was to break upon the Islamic world, and while the crusading coast was still available to the western Europeans. His writing plan was an indication of the historians' dilemma of whether narrative flow or chronology has predominance. This volume covers the best period of Outremer, and puts the struggle against the Catholics of Europe in context with the Islamic necessity of maintaining the barrier against the Eurasian nomads at the same time. The translator was able, and his prose is clear, but maps of any kind sadly being omitted. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233AD), entitled 'al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh', is one of the outstanding sources for the history of the mediaeval world. It covers the whole sweep of Islamic history almost up to the death of its author and, with the sources available to him, he attempted to embrace the widest geographical spread; events in Iraq, Iran and further East run in counterpoint with those involving North Africa and Spain. From the time of the arrival of the Crusaders in the Levant, their activities and the Muslim response become the focus of the work. This part 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 and Mesopotamia. The strengthening of the Muslim reaction is typified by the career of Zanki, which also illustrates the important links with events in the orbit of the Abbasid caliphate and the Saljuq sultanate. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.182History and Geography Europe Europe Medieval 476-1453 Crusades 1096-1270 2nd crusade 1147 (St Bernard)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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