Composition of Ibn Al-Athir's History of the Crusades A.H. 490-516 - A.D. 1097-1122
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The objects of the present inquiry are two-fold: to
assess the reliability of Ibn al-Athir as an historian of the
Crusades from the Muslim standpoint, and to distinguish the
various strands of information upon which he drew for his
crusading material, as far as that may be done in the absence
of known sources. Before proceeding to the consideration of
these questions, it Is proposed to note briefly his situation
with respect to the crusades, and to indicate previous work
which has been done in this field,
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