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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. Fair with no dust jacket

Columbia University Press, 1929

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Year of publication
1929
Author
Usamah Ibn-Munqidh & Philip K. Hitti (Trans. )
Publishers
Columbia University Press
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Crusaders Medieval History Islamic Studies Near Eastern Studies, Mediaeval
Cover description
Fair with no dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover
First edition
Yes

Description

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.