chronicles of Ibn al-Athir

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The chronicles of Ibn al-Athir are a major medieval Arabic historical work that provides a detailed Muslim perspective on the Crusades and broader events of the Islamic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic chronicle
historical work
medieval text
audience learned Muslim readers
author Ibn al-Athir
circulation manuscript tradition
contains accounts of battles
accounts of diplomatic relations
accounts of rulers
evaluates conduct of Crusaders
conduct of Muslim rulers
focus interaction between Muslims and Crusaders
political events in the Islamic world
genre chronicle
history
historicalValue major source for medieval Islamic history
major source for the history of the Crusades
importance key narrative for reconstructing Muslim views of the Crusades
influenced later Muslim historiography of the Crusades
language Arabic
narrativeStyle annalistic
chronological
perspective Muslim perspective
regionCovered Islamic world
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Middle East
religiousContext Sunni Islam
sourceType primary source
subject Crusader states
Frankish Crusaders
Islamic dynasties
biographical notices
military campaigns
political history
timePeriodCovered Crusades
Islamic Middle Ages
linked to: Medieval Near East
typeOfSource narrative history
usedBy modern historians of the Crusades
scholars of Islamic history
writtenIn medieval Islamic scholarly milieu

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Battle of Arsuf (1191) hasPrimarySource chronicles of Ibn al-Athir
يزيد بن معاوية المصادر التاريخية الأساسية الكامل في التاريخ لابن الأثير
linked to: chronicles of Ibn al-Athir