chronicles of Ibn al-Athir

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The chronicles of Ibn al-Athir are a major medieval Arabic historical work that provides a detailed Muslim perspective on the Crusades and broader events of the Islamic world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic chronicle ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
medieval text ⓘ
audience learned Muslim readers ⓘ
author Ibn al-Athir ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition ⓘ
contains accounts of battles ⓘ
accounts of diplomatic relations ⓘ
accounts of rulers ⓘ
evaluates conduct of Crusaders ⓘ
conduct of Muslim rulers ⓘ
focus interaction between Muslims and Crusaders ⓘ
political events in the Islamic world ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
history ⓘ
historicalValue major source for medieval Islamic history ⓘ
major source for the history of the Crusades ⓘ
importance key narrative for reconstructing Muslim views of the Crusades ⓘ
influenced later Muslim historiography of the Crusades ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
narrativeStyle annalistic ⓘ
chronological ⓘ
perspective Muslim perspective ⓘ
regionCovered Islamic world ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Middle East ⓘ
religiousContext Sunni Islam ⓘ
sourceType primary source ⓘ
subject Crusader states ⓘ
Frankish Crusaders ⓘ
Islamic dynasties ⓘ
biographical notices ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
political history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered Crusades ⓘ
Islamic Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Medieval Near East
typeOfSource narrative history ⓘ
usedBy modern historians of the Crusades ⓘ
scholars of Islamic history ⓘ
writtenIn medieval Islamic scholarly milieu ⓘ

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Battle of Arsuf (1191) → hasPrimarySource → chronicles of Ibn al-Athir ⓘ
يزيد بن معاوية → المصادر التاريخية الأساسية → الكامل في التاريخ لابن الأثير ⓘ
linked to: chronicles of Ibn al-Athir