Usama Ibn Munqidh: The Book of Contemplation Islam and the Crusades persian empire The gifts of the refugees

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Dealing with the forms of worship (ibadat)

Henry James

Usama Ibn Munqidh: The Book of Contemplation Islam and the Crusades persian empire The gifts of the refugeesA significant contribution to the understanding of the medieval holy wars between Christians and Muslims, this volume brings together the best and most complete eyewitness account of the Crusades from the perspective of a medieval Muslim writer. Focusing on twelfth century Arab aristocrat Usama ibn Munqidh's Book of Contemplation but also including extracts from The Book of the Staff and Kernels of Refinement, this volume offers a strikingly human