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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Osman LatiffPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 3 Weight: 0.300kg ISBN: 9789004345218ISBN 10: 9004345213 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 12 October 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements A Note on Transliteration Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene 1.1 The Historical and Historiographical Context - Ideas and Definitions 1.2 Sanctities of Space 1.3 Sources 1.4 Ideological Pursuits: Nur al-Din, Salah al-Din, and Political Patronage: An Overview 1.5 Al-Ghazali and the New Sunnism of the Saljuq Period 1.6 Fada'il al-Quds (Merits of Jerusalem): Historiography and Relevance 2 Poetry and Poetics in Medieval Arabic Discourse 2.1 Historiographical Considerations 2.2 The Place of Poetry and Modern Perspectives 3 Theories and Principles of Jihad and the Quest for Martyrdom 3.1 Yusuf al-Findalawi and the Pursuit of Martyrdom 4 Formative Muslim Responses: Franks (Faranj), Christians (Rum) and the Making of a Christian Enemy 4.1 The First Crusade 488-493/1095-1099: Syria and Internal Reform 4.2 Verses in al-Sulami's Kitab al-Jihad 4.3 The Proximity of an Islamic Jerusalem: The Fall of Edessa, Banu Asfar, and the Revival of Jihad 4.4 Images of the Franks in Muslim Poetry 4.5 The Merging of Sacred Designations 5 Poeticising the Reconquest and Future Expectations 5.1 The Reconquest of Jerusalem and Popular Piety 5.2 The Sanctification of Spaces 5.3 Constantinople and its Relation to Jerusalem 5.4 Ibn Jubayr: Pilgrimage, Poetry, and Social Accountability 6 Literary Underpinnings of the Anti-Frankish Jihad 6.1 Steering an Image: The Figure of the Christian 'Other' in Muslim Poetry 6.2 Nur al-Din and the Creation of a Pious Warrior Ethos 6.3 The Inspiration of the Qur'an in Jihad Poetry 6.4 Heightened Fears and Eschatological Undercurrents in Muslim Poetry 6.5 Gendering the Anti-Frankish Jihad 7 The Place of Egypt in Sixth-/Twelfth- and Seventh-/Thirteenth-Century Discourse 7.1 Egypt and the Language of Realpolitik 7.2 Poetry in Diplomacy and Calls for Unity 8 Shattered Dreams: Jerusalem, the Umma, and New Enemies 8.1 Post-Reconquest Poetry 8.2 Dismantling the Walls Conclusion Appendix: Arabic Poems Bibliography IndexReviewsOverall, this book makes a substantial contribution to existing studies in this area. It provides a great deal of new material for scholars interested in recreating the events and mentalities of the period. In some cases, it expands upon existing knowledge, contributing to longstanding questions, while in others it challenges orthodoxies; in many more cases, it opens up new conversations, establishing fruitful lines of research. - Nicholas Morton, Nottingham Trent University, in: Al-Masaq 30/2 (2018) Author InformationOsman Latiff, Ph.D. (2011), Royal Holloway, University of London, is a researcher in medieval and crusader history. He also writes on international relations, having completed a Post-doctorate study on counter-hegemony and political syncretism in Arab-U.S relations (2015) and is currently authoring a book on the place of empathy in challenging attitudes of 'otherness' in conflict Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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