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Title Arab historians of the Crusades / selected and translated from the Arabic sources by Francesco Gabrieli ; translated from the Italian by E.J. Costello
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 362 pages)
Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
Summary The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happenings were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. First published in English in 1969, this€book€presents 'the other side' of the Holy War, offering€the first English translation of contemporary Arab€accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian.€. Extracts are drawn from seventeen different authors encompassing a multitude of sources: The general histories of the Muslim world, ; The chronicle
Notes This translation originally published: 1969
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiv-xxv) and index
Notes Translated from the Italian
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Subject Crusades.
Crusades -- Sources
Historians, Arab.
HISTORY.
Crusades
Historians, Arab
Genre/Form Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Gabrieli, Francesco, 1904-1996.
Costello, E. J
ISBN 9780203092507
0203092503
9780429771002
0429771002