An Arab-Syrian gentleman and warrior in the period of the Crusades
Subtitle: memoirs of Usāmah ibn-Munqidh (Kitāb al-Itibār)
By: translated from the original manuscript by Philip K. Hitti ; with a new foreword by Richard W. Bulliet.
Contributors: Hitti, Philip Khuri, 1886-; Bulliet, Richard W.
Series: Records of Western civilization
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Usāmah ibn Munqidh, -- 1095-1188.; Crusades.; Crusades -- Personal narratives.; Syria -- History -- 750-1260.
Genres: Personal narratives.
Work titles: Itibār.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.