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Foreword by Robert Irwin

About the Author

Sir Hamilton Gibb (1895 - 1971), a former professor of Arabic at University of London, University of Oxford and Harvard University, is one of the father figures of Islamic Studies in the West. He was also Director of Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. His most famous publications include Whither Islam? A Survey of Modern Movements in the Muslim World (1973), Arabic Literature (1926), The Legacy of Islam (1931) and Modern Trends in Islam (1947).

Reviews

'Gibb's brilliant essay in political biography is an important corrective to the over-simplified view of Saladin as conquering hero ... and will remain an essential basis for any larger work on twelfth-century Syria.' The English Historical Review 'Sir Hamilton Gibb's book is the final publication of a world-renowned Orientalist and contains insights that are the products of forty years of study.' The American Historical Review 'A closely argued ... study of the political and military history of the period.' International Journal of Middle East Studies