Two Writings of al-Ṭurṭūshī as Evidence for Early Muslim Reactions to the Frankish Crusader Presence in the Levant
Mallett, APJ
Date: 2017
Journal
Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes
Publisher
Department of Oriental Studies, University of Vienna
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Abstract
Near-contemporaneous source material for the earliest Muslim responses to the arrival of the Frankish crusaders in the
eastern Mediterranean at the end of the fifth/eleventh century is extremely scarce, with the result that modern attempts
to reconstruct such reactions can be only very limited in scope. This article examines two ...
Near-contemporaneous source material for the earliest Muslim responses to the arrival of the Frankish crusaders in the
eastern Mediterranean at the end of the fifth/eleventh century is extremely scarce, with the result that modern attempts
to reconstruct such reactions can be only very limited in scope. This article examines two writings by the Andalusī
Muslim al-Ṭurṭūshī, who wrote in Alexandria at the beginning of the sixth/twelfth century, that have been almost
completely ignored, and highlights his concern about the potential threat to Egypt, which was mainly caused by the
Frankish advances in his homeland.
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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