Extracted and Translated from the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi
by
H. A. R. Gibb
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A Saracen stronghold throughout the long history of the Crusades, Damascus served as the capital city for Nur al-Deen, Saladin, and other medieval Muslim leaders. From this prime vantage point comes a remarkable contemporary account of the early Crusades, written by one of the city's leading citizens....