Syria down to Saladin: Ibn Asakir's History of the City of Damascus

Syria down to Saladin is the first comprehensive historical study of post-Umayyad Syria based on Ibn 'Asākir’s Tā’rīkh madīnat Dimashq (History of the City of Damascus). As the largest work that has ever appeared documenting pre-modern Syria, Ibn 'Asākir’s History is a major source for the study of the region. It has, however, been underutilised for the simple reason that it is vast. This book makes this unique local history newly accessible to a broader scholarly audience.

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