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Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century

by DRM_peter Posted on January 17, 2018

Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century By R. Stephen Humphreys Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.2 (1990) We thank Mamluk Studies Review for their permission to republish this article. This journal published by the Middle East Documentation Center devoted to the … Continue reading →

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Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks

by DRM_peter Posted on January 17, 2018

Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks By Albrecht Fuess Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.5 (2001) We thank Mamluk Studies Review for permission to republish this article. This refereed journal published by the Middle East Documentation Center … Continue reading →

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The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani

by DRM_peter Posted on August 4, 2014

The Alexandrian Crusade (1365) and the Mamluk Sources: Reassessment of the kitab al-ilmam of an-Nuwayri al-Iskandarani By Jo Van Steenbergen East and West in the crusader states : context, contacts, confrontations, Vol.3 (2003)

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Black Camels and Blazing Bolts: The Bolt-Projecting Trebuchet in the Mamluk Army

by DRM_peter Posted on February 16, 2014

Black Camels and Blazing Bolts: The Bolt-Projecting Trebuchet in the Mamluk Army By Paul E. Chevedden Mamluk Studies Review, Vol. 8:1 (2004) The Mamluks pioneered the use of gunpowder ordnance, but their principal piece of heavy artillery was “the crushing, … Continue reading →

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The Seventh Crusade (1249), according to Abu al-Faraj Gregory Bar Hebraeus

by DRM_peter Posted on January 20, 2014

Bar Hebraeus (1226-1286) is one the best known Syriac writers of the Middle Ages.  His Chronography contains a history of the world from creation until his own time.  Most of his information relates to events in the Middle East, including … Continue reading →

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Letter from Aymeric, Patriarch of Antioch, to Louis VII, King of France (1164)

by Scott Manning Posted on March 4, 2013

In the following letter, the Patriarch of Antioch describes events in the Crusader States that took place in 1164.  To describe briefly, the King of Jersualem, Amalric I, joined forces with a Kurdish emir, Shirkuh, to besiege the Egyptian city … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Ascalon (1153) According to Contemporary or Near-contemporary Western European Sources

by Scott Manning Posted on March 4, 2013

Translated by Helen Nicholson from the editions in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptores, ed.Bill Zajac. In 1153, Baldwin launched a major attack on Ascalon, with an army large enough to invest the great city completely. The siege dragged on for months, with … Continue reading →

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