Ibn Nazif’s World-History : Al-Ta’rikh al-Mansuri, Paperback / softback Book

Ibn Nazif’s World-History : Al-Ta’rikh al-Mansuri Paperback / softback

Part of the Crusade Texts in Translation series

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This book is the first translated and annotated edition of Ibn Na?if’s Al-Ta’rikh al-Man?uri.

Totalling 227 folios, the manuscript is a unique and valuable source full of historical accounts and anecdotes.

The documents include two letters by the Emperor Frederick II in Arabic, as well as the only mention of the Albigensian Crusade in the Arabic language.

Other notable material includes Ibn Na?if’s notes concerning the rivalries between the various Ayyubids and the wars against Jalal al-Din Mangubirti, descriptions of the Ayyubids in Yemen, and notes on the destruction of the Sicilian Muslims and the defeats of the Spanish Muslims.

Containing an extensive historical introduction, this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the later Crusader and middle Ayyubid periods.

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