USAMAH IBN-MUNQIDH & PHILIP K. HITTI (TRANS. )

An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades Memoirs of Usamah Ibn Munqidh. Translated from the Original Manuscript.

Columbia University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. A few pencil notes or markings in margins. Spine has been crudely repaired with black library tape. Edgewear to boards. A few pages are torn but still intact in text. ; Records of Civilization Sources and Studies; The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim.. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 3938

Catalogue: Medieval Studies

Keywords: Crusaders Medieval History Islamic Studies Near Eastern Studies Mediaeval