Kitāb al-Iʿtibār

work by Ibn Munqidh

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In Islamic world: Effect of the Crusades in Syria
…can be found in the Kitāb al-Iʿtibār (“Book of Reflection”), the memoirs of Usāmah ibn Munqidh (1095–1188). Born in Syria, he was a small boy when the first generation of Franks controlled Jerusalem. As an adult, he fought with Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) and lived to see him…
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