Muslims, Mongols And Crusaders

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The period from about 1100 to 1350 in the Middle East was marked by continued interaction between the local Muslim rulers and two groups of non-Muslim invaders: the Frankish crusaders from Western Europe and the Mongols from northeastern Asia. In deflecting the threat those invaders presented, a major role was played by the Mamluk state which arose in Egypt and Syria in 1250. The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies has, from 1917 onwards, published several articles pertaining to the history of this period by leading historians of the region, and this volume reprints some of the most important and interesting of them for the convenience of students and scholars. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 A Qasida on the Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols......Page 28 Notes on the Arabic Materials for the History of the Early Crusades......Page 38 The Influence of Chingiż-Khan’s Yasa upon the General Organization of the Mamluk State......Page 54 Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—I......Page 69 Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—II......Page 95 Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—III......Page 124 Saladin and the Assassins......Page 158 The Position and Power of the Mamluk Sultan......Page 165 Cassiodorus and Rashid Al-Din on Barbarian Rule in Italy and Persia......Page 178 The Treaties of the Early Mamluk Sultans with the Frankish States......Page 197 The Mongol Empire: A Review Article......Page 207 Saladin and his Admirers: A Biographical Reassessment......Page 213 Some Observations on the 'Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo......Page 218 The ‘Great Yasa of Chingiz Khan’ and Mongol Law in the Ilkhanate......Page 225 The Ilkhan Ahmad's Embassies to Qalawun: Two Contemporary Accounts......Page 239 The Crusades of 1239–41 and their Aftermath......Page 244 The Secret History of the Mongols: Some Fresh Revelations......Page 275 Ghazan, Islam and Mongol Tradition: A View from the Mamluk Sultanate......Page 280 Marco Polo and his ‘Travels’......Page 290 Index......Page 310