Chronology Who''s Who Glossary Guide to Muslim Names List of Figures Acknowledgements Maps Dynastic Tables and Genealogies 1. Introduction Previous Works on Muslim Views of the Crusades The Limitations of this Work The Muslim Sources 2. The Muslim World before the Crusades A Brief History Core Beliefs and Practices Jihad Sunnis and Shi''ites The Levantine Economy and Society The Franks through Muslim Eyes before 1096 The Levant in the 11th Century Further Reading 3. The First Crusade and the Muslim Response, 1095-1146 Chronological Overview The Problem of the Sources Muslim Views of the Crusaders'' Motives The First Signs of Counter-Crusade Zangi: The First Great Mujahid? Conclusion Further Reading 4. Nurturing Enthusiasm for the Jihad , 1146-1174 Chronological Overview The Crusader Attack on Damascus through Muslim Eyes The Conversion of the Turks and the ''Sunni Revival'' Nur al-Din: ''La Plaque Tournante''? Saladin and Nur al-Din Conclusion Further Reading 5. Victory and Stalemate, 1174-1193 Chronological Overview The Problem of the Sources The Articulation of Power The Victorious Mujahid Facing the Crusades of the Late 12th Century Conclusion Further Reading 6. Making War in the Levant The Problem of the Sources ''The Franks'' Jihad and Religious Warfare Armies and Pitched Battles Fortifications and Sieges Fighting at Sea The Frankish Influence? Conclusion Further Reading 7. Making Peace in the Levant Truces Muslims under Frankish Rule Trade Muslim Views on Frankish Culture Conclusion Further Reading 8.

The Successors of Saladin, 1193-1249 Chronological Overview Family Politics in the Levant The Ayyubids and the Jihad Relations with the Franks Critics of the Ayyubids Conclusion Further Reading 9. The Mamluks, 1249-1382 Chronological Overview Mamluk Historiography The Mamluk Experience The Mamluk State Legitimizing Rule The Mamluk Jihad Conclusion Further Reading 10. Conclusion The Impact of the Crusades on the Medieval Middle East The Impact of the Crusades on the Modern-Day Muslim Consciousness Rationalizing Terrorism Latter-Day Saladins? Final Words Further Reading Documents 1. Extracts from the Qur''an and Hadith 2. A Depiction of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996-1021) 3. Al-Mas''udi on the Franks 4. The Fall of Jerusalem to the Crusaders: Two Accounts 5.

Muslim Views of the Crusaders and their Motives 6. Extracts from the Book of the Jihad of ''Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) 7. The Failure of the Crusader Attack on Damascus in 1148: Two Accounts 8. Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wasiti ( fl. 1019), Extracts from The Merits of Jerusalem 9. Ibn al-Athir on Nur al-Din and Saladin 10. ''Imad al-Din al-Isfahani on the Battle of Hattin and Saladin''s Conquest of Jerusalem 11.

Baha'' al-Din ibn Shaddad on Saladin''s Virtues 12. An Exchange of Letters during Richard the Lionheart''s Crusade 13. Extract from al-Harawi''s Treatise on Muslim Military Tactics 14. Usama ibn Munqidh on Frankish Culture 15. Ibn al-Qaysarani and ''Imad al-Din al-Isfahani on Frankish Women 16. Al-Kamil Muhammad and the Crusade against Damietta in 1218-21 17. Two Sources on the Handover of Jerusalem to Frederick II 18. Ibn al-Dawadari on the Battle of ''Ayn Jalut 19.

Qalawun''s Treaty with the Lady of Tyre, 1285 20. Abu''l-Fida'' on the Conquest of Acre, 1291 21. Statements of Usama ibn Ladin (Osama bin Laden, 1957-2011), 1998 Select Bibliography Index.