Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades - The Politics of Jihad

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.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The early career of Zengi, 1084–1127: the Turkmen influence 2. Zengi and his hostile policy towards the Seljuq sultanate and the ‘Abbasid caliphate in Iran and Iraq: the art of pragmatism, 1127–46 3. Fragmented pacts: wars in the Jazira and Anatolia to dominate the Turkmen, the Kurds and the Arab tribes 4. Confronting the Crusaders and the Seljuqs in Syria: holy and unholy war, 1127–40 5. The fall of Edessa: jihad at the end of a career 6. Zengid administration and institutions: ‘Turkification’ continued

Product details

• Authors: Taef El-Azhari, Taef (Qatar University El-Azhari, El-Azhari Taef
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138821019
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82101-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Europe, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Crusades