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13 Jihad Poetry in the Age of the Crusades
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Figures vii
- Acknowledgements x
- Preface xi
- 1 Some Medieval Islamic Approaches to Source Material: The Evidence of a Twelfth-century Chronicle 1
- 2 A Neglected Episode of the Reconquista: A Christian Success in the Second Crusade 34
- 3 Jihad Propaganda in Syria from the Time of the First Crusade until the Death of Zengi: The Evidence of Monumental Inscriptions 44
- 4 The First Crusade: The Muslim Perspective 54
- 5 ‘Abominable Acts’: The Career of Zengi 66
- 6 Sultanates: Ayyubids 89
- 7 Some Reflections on the Imprisonment of Reynald of Châtillon 93
- 8 Some Reflections on the Use of the Qur’an in Monumental Inscriptions in Syria and Palestine in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 118
- 9 The Legacy of the Crusades 132
- 10 The Evolution of the Saladin Legend in the West 149
- 11 Ayyubids 165
- 12 Ayyubid Jerusalem: A Historical Introduction 175
- 13 Jihad Poetry in the Age of the Crusades 231
- 14 The Shi‘is of Aleppo in the Zengid Period: Some Unexploited Textual and Epigraphic Evidence 247
- 15 A Short History of Jihad 269
- 16 Muslim Jerusalem, the Crusades and the Career of Saladin 287
- 17 The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid Periods, 1099–1250 295
- 18 The Assassins in Fact and Fiction: The Old Man of the Mountain 334
- 19 Saladin’s ‘Spin Doctors’ 352
- 20 The Sultan, the Kaiser, the Colonel and the Purloined Wreath 367
- Original Sources of the Items in This Volume 381
- Index 383
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Figures vii
- Acknowledgements x
- Preface xi
- 1 Some Medieval Islamic Approaches to Source Material: The Evidence of a Twelfth-century Chronicle 1
- 2 A Neglected Episode of the Reconquista: A Christian Success in the Second Crusade 34
- 3 Jihad Propaganda in Syria from the Time of the First Crusade until the Death of Zengi: The Evidence of Monumental Inscriptions 44
- 4 The First Crusade: The Muslim Perspective 54
- 5 ‘Abominable Acts’: The Career of Zengi 66
- 6 Sultanates: Ayyubids 89
- 7 Some Reflections on the Imprisonment of Reynald of Châtillon 93
- 8 Some Reflections on the Use of the Qur’an in Monumental Inscriptions in Syria and Palestine in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 118
- 9 The Legacy of the Crusades 132
- 10 The Evolution of the Saladin Legend in the West 149
- 11 Ayyubids 165
- 12 Ayyubid Jerusalem: A Historical Introduction 175
- 13 Jihad Poetry in the Age of the Crusades 231
- 14 The Shi‘is of Aleppo in the Zengid Period: Some Unexploited Textual and Epigraphic Evidence 247
- 15 A Short History of Jihad 269
- 16 Muslim Jerusalem, the Crusades and the Career of Saladin 287
- 17 The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid Periods, 1099–1250 295
- 18 The Assassins in Fact and Fiction: The Old Man of the Mountain 334
- 19 Saladin’s ‘Spin Doctors’ 352
- 20 The Sultan, the Kaiser, the Colonel and the Purloined Wreath 367
- Original Sources of the Items in This Volume 381
- Index 383