Liam O'Mara IV, PhDNov 25
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1177, #SalahAdDin (#Saladin) and his #Ayyubid sultanate suffered a rare defeat in the #BattleOfMontgisard. He was beaten by forces led by the 16-year-old leper king #BaldwinIV of the #KingdomOfJerusalem. The #Crusaders would hold Jerusalem ten more years.
PugJesusNov 9
Ruins of an Ayyubid mosque, Ezra, Syria
FID NahostSep 8, 2025

#Catchoftheday
#OpenAccess on
#MENAdoc:

"Tārīḫ maǧmūʿ an-nawādir : mimmā ǧarā li-l-awāʾil wa-l-awāḫir" by li-l-Amīr Šihab-ad-Dīn Qaraṭāʾī al-ʿIzzī al-Ḫazindārī

[Berlin: Schwarz; Beirut: Resalah Publishers; Barlīn/ Bairūt: Klāwus Šwārts, 2005]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/99766

#islam #history #ayyubid #mamelukes

JackJul 30, 2020
Anybody #medieval #history folks got any good resources on the Third Crusade, the #Ayyubid Sultanate, or the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem?
JackJul 30, 2020
Anybody #medieval #history folks got any good resources on the Third Crusade, the #Ayyubid Sultanate, or the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem?