Ibn al-Furat (d. 1405) is an understudied Mamluk historian, whose materials for the period of the later Crusades is unique. While sections of his history for the period prior to 1277 have been translated, later sections have not. His text provides both an overview and a critique of earlier historian...

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Main Author:	Ibn-al-Furāt, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-ar-Raḥīm 1334-1405 (Author)
Other Authors:	Cook, David 1966- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Edition:	First issued in paperback
Series:	Crusade texts in translation
Subjects:	Ibn-al-Furāt, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-ar-Raḥīm > 1334-1405 Geschichte 1400 Kreuzzüge Geschichte Geschichtsschreibung Islamic Empire / History / 1258-1517 Qalāwūn / Sultan of Egypt and Syria / -1290 Crusades / 13th-15th centuries / History Crusades Islamic Empire 1200-1517 History Quelle
Summary:	Ibn al-Furat (d. 1405) is an understudied Mamluk historian, whose materials for the period of the later Crusades is unique. While sections of his history for the period prior to 1277 have been translated, later sections have not. His text provides both an overview and a critique of earlier historians, and supplies us with a large number of unique documents, treaties, and intimate discussions that are not to be found elsewhere. This translation provides a continuous narrative from 1277 until the assassination of al-Malik al-Ashraf in 1293, with selections from Ibn al-Furat's later entries concerning the Crusades until 1365
Item Description:	Literaturverzeichnis Seite [279]-282
Physical Description:	xi, 293 Seiten Karten
ISBN:	9781032237565