Saladin, the Almohads and the Banū Ghāniya
Subtitle: the contest for North Africa (12th and 13th centuries)
By: by Amar Salem Baadj
Series: Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib -- volume 7; Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib -- v. 7.
Publisher: Brill; Brill Academic Pub
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9789004296206; 9789004298576
Subjects: Almoravides; History; Almohades
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- 1.; title: Setting the stage -- -- 2.; title: The eastern Maghrib in the period of city-states and petty dynasties -- -- 3.; title: The coming of the Almohads and the rise of the Banu Ghaniya -- -- 4.; title: The emergence of a new order in Egypt -- -- 5.; title: The Ayyubids and the West -- -- 6.; title: The Almohad response under al-Manṣur -- -- 7.; title: The long career of Yaḥya b. Ghaniya -- -- 8.; title: Conclusion --; title: Appendix A: Primary sources. A.1 Maghribi historians --; title: A.2 Mashriqi historians --; title: A.3 Geographers and travelers.