Saladin : the politics of the holy war
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Saladin : the politics of the holy war
（Canto）
Cambridge University Press, 1997, c1982
Canto ed
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. [435]-443
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Saladin was one of the best-known figures of the Middle Ages. The West accepted him as a hero; Islam was indebted to him for the recovery of Jerusalem. In this book Lyons and Jackson make use of hitherto neglected Arabic sources, including unpublished manuscript material - notably the correspondence, both private and official, of Saladin's own court. Such letters contain fresh information on the battles and diplomatic campaigns that accompanied Saladin's efforts to be accepted by his contemporaries as their leader in the Holy War.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- 1. Early adventures
- 2. Vizier of Egypt
- 3. Lord of Egypt
- 4. The shadow of Syria
- 5. Independence
- 6. From Egypt to Syria
- 7. War and diplomacy
- 8. Egyptian interlude
- 9. Defeat and difficulties
- 10. Consolidation and expansion
- 11. Opportunities
- 12. The capture of Aleppo
- 13. Empire-building and the Holy War
- 14. The end of empire
- 15. Preparations
- 16. Hattin
- 17. The capture of Jerusalem
- 18. Success and failure
- 19. Crusaders at Acre
- 20. The fall of Acre
- 21. Stalemate
- 22. Conclusion
- Plan of Cairo
- Maps
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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