The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades

The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades
ISBN-10
9004345221
ISBN-13
9789004345225
Category
History
Pages
311
Language
English
Published
2017-09-25
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Osman Latiff

Description

In The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword Osman Latiff assesses anti-Frankish Muslim poetry during the crusades, specifically the topic of faḍāʾil al-Quds (‘merits of Jerusalem’) and jihād as they relate to the occupation and reconquest of Jerusalem.

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