Saladin /
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Language: English
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2011.
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Call Number: DS38.4 .S2 E3213 2011
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I. Ascent: 1. Saladin's world
- 2. Training period
- 3. Vizier in Cairo
- 4. The end of the Fatimids
- 5. Nur al-Din's lieutenant in Egypt
- Part II. The sultan: 6. Usurper or legitimate sultan?
- 7. The caliph's backing
- 8. Conception of power
- 9. Founding a dynasty
- 10. The support of the elites
- 11. The elaboration of an image
- Part III. Jihad: 12. Image and propaganda
- 13. Strategic interests
- 14. The victorious campaigns
- 15. The third crusade
- 16. The rules of war
- 17. The gaze of the other
- Part IV. In everyday life: 18. Between image and reality
- 19. Saladin and suffering
- Part V. Governance: 20. Guardian of the faith
- 21. Christians and Jews
- 22. The state, the prince, and the subjects
- 23. Commerce and markets
- Part VI. The legend: 24. Birth and development
- 25. Antihero or prophet foretold?
- 26. The valiant and generous knight
- 27. Between Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad
- 28. The myth of the Arab hero
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Saladin historiography
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.