Muslims, Mongols And Crusaders

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
A Qasida on the Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols......Page 28
Notes on the Arabic Materials for the History of the Early Crusades......Page 38
The Influence of Chingiż-Khan’s Yasa upon the General Organization of the Mamluk State......Page 54
Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—I......Page 69
Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—II......Page 95
Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—III......Page 124
Saladin and the Assassins......Page 158
The Position and Power of the Mamluk Sultan......Page 165
Cassiodorus and Rashid Al-Din on Barbarian Rule in Italy and Persia......Page 178
The Treaties of the Early Mamluk Sultans with the Frankish States......Page 197
The Mongol Empire: A Review Article......Page 207
Saladin and his Admirers: A Biographical Reassessment......Page 213
Some Observations on the 'Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo......Page 218
The ‘Great Yasa of Chingiz Khan’ and Mongol Law in the Ilkhanate......Page 225
The Ilkhan Ahmad's Embassies to Qalawun: Two Contemporary Accounts......Page 239
The Crusades of 1239–41 and their Aftermath......Page 244
The Secret History of the Mongols: Some Fresh Revelations......Page 275
Ghazan, Islam and Mongol Tradition: A View from the Mamluk Sultanate......Page 280
Marco Polo and his ‘Travels’......Page 290
Index......Page 310