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.