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AuthorEl-Azhari, Taef
Available date2021-03-31T08:18:08Z
Publication Date2016
Publication NameZengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades: The Politics of Jihad
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315743523
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/18062
AbstractZengi gained his legacy as the precursor to Saladin. While Zengi captured Edessa, Saladin would capture Jerusalem, and both leaders fought to establish their own realms. However, Zengi cannot be fully understood without an examination of his other policies and warfare and an appreciation of his Turkmen background, all of which influenced his fight against the Crusades. Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades: The politics of Jihad, provides a full and rich picture of Zengi's career: his personality and motives; his power and ambition; his background and his foundation of a dynasty and its contribution, along with other dynasties, to a wider, deeper Turkification of the Middle East; his tools and methods; his vision, calamities and achievements; and how he was perceived by his contemporaries and modern scholars. Examining primary Muslim and non-Muslim sources, this book's extensive translations of original source material provides new insight into the complexities of Zengi's rule, and the politics of jihad that he led and orchestrated during the Crusades. Providing deeper understanding of Islamic history through a close examination of one of its key figures, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in Muslim history and the Crusades in general.
Languageen
PublisherTaylor and Francis Inc.
SubjectSyria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Turkmen -- Syria -- Biography
Crusades
Jihad -- Political aspects -- Syria -- History -- To 1500
Syria -- History -- 750-1260
Syria -- History, Military
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
Command of troops
Kings and rulers
Political and social views
Public opinion
Turkmen
Syria
TitleZengi and the Muslim response to the crusades: The politics of Jihad
TypeBook
Pagination1-194


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