Directory of Contemporary Islam Resources

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For sites dealing with the Islamic world at the time of the Crusades, or specifically with the contemporary response of the Muslim world.

Subcategories

• Ayyubid Dynasty
• Fatimid Caliphate
• Mamluk Dynasties
• Saladin
• Seljuk Dynasty

Resources in This Category

• Medieval Sourcebook: Al-Makrisi's Account of St. Louis' Crusade

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/makrisi.asp
  Translation of an extract from Al-Makrisi's manuscript "Essulouk li Mariset il Muluk" (The Road to Knowledge of the Return of Kings); a history of the Ayyubids, and of the Mamluks.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188)

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/usamah2.html
  A translation of excerpts from Usmah Ibn Munqidh's contemporary autobiography, where he discusses the Franks.

 

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