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Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades - The politics of Jihad (Hardcover)
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Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades - The politics of Jihad (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey
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Zengi gained his legacy as the precursor to Saladin. While Zengi
captured Edessa, Saladin would capture Jerusalem, and both leaders
fought to establish their own realms. However, Zengi cannot be
fully understood without an examination of his other policies and
warfare and an appreciation of his Turkmen background, all of which
influenced his fight against the Crusades. Zengi and the Muslim
Response to the Crusades: The politics of Jihad, provides a full
and rich picture of Zengi's career: his personality and motives;
his power and ambition; his background and his foundation of a
dynasty and its contribution, along with other dynasties, to a
wider, deeper Turkification of the Middle East; his tools and
methods; his vision, calamities and achievements; and how he was
perceived by his contemporaries and modern scholars. Examining
primary Muslim and non-Muslim sources, this book's extensive
translations of original source material provides new insight into
the complexities of Zengi's rule, and the politics of jihad that he
led and orchestrated during the Crusades. Providing deeper
understanding of Islamic history through a close examination of one
of its key figures, this book will be a valuable resource for
students and scholars interested in Muslim history and the Crusades
in general.
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