The fortress of the raven
Subtitle: Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650)
By: by Marcus Milwright.
Series: Islamic history and civilization
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9789004165199
Subjects: Ayyubids -- History; Mamelukes -- History; Civilization, Islamic; Karak (Jordan : Province) -- History
Description: "This book traces the history of Karak castle and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book combines primary textual sources with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.