The collected papers of one of the world's leading experts on medieval Islamic history Organised into 3 distinct volumes - on the Crusades, the Medieval Turks and Classical Islam - this collection represents several decades of scholarship. Islam and the Crusades showcases multiple perspectives, especially as viewed from the Muslim side. It explores the distinctive nature of Islamic jihad as expressed in poetry, sermons and inscriptions; the development of the counter-crusade; and the careers of major Muslim leaders including Zengi and Saladin. Key Features - Collects in one place 20 papers from a pre-eminent scholar in the field - Allows the reader to trace the evolution of thought over several decades - Includes many papers located in out-of-print or hard-to-find works - Includes a preface that outlines Professor Hillenbrand's interest in the Crusades over the course of her career, and an index of names, places and terms Carole Hillenbrand is Honorary Professorial Fellow, Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews since 2013. In 2005 she became the first non-Muslim scholar to be awarded the prestigious King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, reflecting her 'revolutionary approach to the largely one-sided subject of the Crusades'. Cover image: the now lost Nur al-Din minbar once in the Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, c. 1168. Photograph by Mr Alastair Duncan and used with his kind permission. Cover design: www.paulsmithdesign.com. [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-8590-6 Barcode

Carole Hillenbrand is Honorary Professorial Fellow, Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews since 2013. In 2005 she became the first non-Muslim scholar to be awarded the prestigious King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, reflecting her 'revolutionary approach to the largely one-sided subject of the Crusades'. She is author of The Crusades (EUP, 1999), The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate (Albany, 1989), A Muslim Principality in Crusader Times (Brill, 1990), and co-editor (with C. E. Bosworth) of Qajar Iran, (Edinburgh, 1984) and editor of The Sultan's Turret (Brill, 1999).