The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives

Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Dedication
 Table of Contents
 Expanded Contents List
 List of Colour Plates
 List of Half tone Plates
 List of Figures
 Preface
 Acknowledgements
 Note on Transliteration and Translations
 Note on the Illustrations
 Glossary of Islamic Terms
 Glossary of Arabic Military Terms
 Chronological List of Major Medieval Islamic Authors Mentioned in the Text
 Chronological Table of Important Events until the Fall of Acre in 690/1291
 Dynastic Tables
 Key to Abbreviations Used in the Text
 Sources for the Illustrations
 CHAPTER 1: Prologue. General IntroductionThe Approach of This Study
 Recent Arab Scholarly Approaches to the Crusades
 Some of the Limitations of This Book
 The Nature of Medieval Muslim Sources
 The Accessibility of Medieval Muslim Sources
 Books in European Languages about the Muslim Side of the Crusades
 Translations of Primary Arabic Sources
 The Crusades: A Short Historical Overview
 CHAPTER 2: The First Crusade and the Muslims' Initial Reactions to the Coming of the Franks
 Introduction
 The Muslim Sources for the First Crusade
 The General State of the Islamic World on the Eve of the First Crusade. The Devastating Events of the Years 485-487/1092-1094The Debilitating Effects of Religious Schism
 The Spirit of the Times
 The Eastern Perspective --
Seljuq Disunity, 485-492/1092-1099
 Anatolia in the Late Eleventh Century
 The Egyptian Perspective 487-492/1094-1099
 A Summary of the State of the Islamic Lands on the Eve of the First Crusade
 Syria and Palestine on the Eve of the First Crusade
 Why Did the First Crusade Come? --
Muslim Interpretations
 The Course of the First Crusade: Muslim Accounts
 The Fall of Antioch
 The Fall of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man
 The Conquest of Jerusalem. The Treatment of the Jews in the First CrusadeThe Oriental Christians at the Time of the First Crusade
 The Role of the Byzantine Emperor in the First Crusade and its Aftermath --
The Muslim Version
 Muslim Reactions to the First Crusade and the Establishment of the Frankish States in the Levant
 An Overview of the Years 492-504/1099-1110
 Displacement of the Muslim Population
 Crusader Expansionism and Muslim Disunity, 491-518/1099-1124
 The Egyptian Response
 The Seljuq Response
 The Local Syrian Response to the Frankish Presence
 Tailpiece
 CHAPTER 3: Jihad in the Period 493-569/1100-1174. Introduction: Aims and Structure of the ChapterDefinition of Jih ad: Its Roots in the Qur'an and the Hadith
 Jihad in the Early Islamic Period
 The Elaboration of the Classical Islamic Theory of Jihad
 Spiritual Jihad (the 'Greater Jihad')
 Modification in the Classical Theory of Jihad
 The Realities of Jihad in the Pre-Crusading Period
 The Muslim Border with the Nomadic Turks of Central Asia
 The Muslim Frontier with Byzantium
 The Lack of Jihad Spirit in Syria and Palestine
 The Evolution of the Phenomenon of Jihad in Crusader Times
 The First Tentative Steps towards the Revival of Jihad.