The Crusades: Islamic perspectives

1. Prologue.

2. The first crusade and the Muslims' initial reactions to the coming of the Franks.

3. Jihad in the Period 493-569/1100-1174.

4. Jihad in the period from the death of Nur-al-Din until the Fall of Acre (569-690/1174-1291).

5. How the Muslims was the Franks: ethnic and religious stereotypes.

6. Aspects of life in the Levant in the crusading period.

7. Armies, arms, armour and fortifications.

8. The conduct of war.

9. Epilogue: the heritage of the crusades.