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Saladin: (Arabic edition)
Abdel Rahman Azzam
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Description for Saladin: (Arabic edition)
Paperback. This is the first serious biography of Saladin in over 20 years and the first ever by a non-Western scholar Translator(s): Kasem, Kasem Abdo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468. 320 pages. This is the first serious biography of Saladin in over 20 years and the first ever by a non-Western scholar. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight: 482. Translator(s): Kasem, Kasem Abdo. Language: Arabic.
Saladin was an outsider whose life was filled with paradox. Famous for driving the crusaders out of Jerusalem, and becoming the most powerful man in the Islamic empire, he died penniless, without enough money to line his coffin. In this ground-breaking biography, translated for the first time into Arabic, Abdel Rahman Azzam uncovers the real Saladin, placing him in historical context against the backdrop of the 10th and 11th-century Sunni revival, a powerful sweeping intellectual renaissance that would ultimately transform every field of Islamic thought.
Saladin was an outsider whose life was filled with paradox. Famous for driving the crusaders out of Jerusalem, and becoming the most powerful man in the Islamic empire, he died penniless, without enough money to line his coffin. In this ground-breaking biography, translated for the first time into Arabic, Abdel Rahman Azzam uncovers the real Saladin, placing him in historical context against the backdrop of the 10th and 11th-century Sunni revival, a powerful sweeping intellectual renaissance that would ultimately transform every field of Islamic thought.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Language
Arabic
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Qatar
ISBN
9789992142653
SKU
V9789992142653
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About Abdel Rahman Azzam
Dr Abdul Rahman Azzam's background as an Oxford scholar and a Muslim, with access to both original Arabic and Western sources, has given him a uniquely authoritative perspective on Saladin and the Islamic world of the period. He lives in Qatar and the UK. Dr Azzam obtained his doctorate in Islamic Studies from Oxford University and is ... Read more
Reviews for Saladin: (Arabic edition)
'Absorbing' Financial Times, UK 'Timely and well-written' Irish News His book is a comprehensive survey not just of the man, but of the age in which he lived Edinburgh Evening News, UK