The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Infobox Book
name = "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes"


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author = Amin Maalouf
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country = France
language = French also translated to English
subject = History
publisher = Schocken Books
release_date = 1984
isbn = ISBN 0-8052-08984

"The Crusades Through Arab Eyes" is a French-language historical essay by Lebanese athor Amin Maalouf. It a narrative retelling of primary sources drawn from various Arab chronicles that seeks to provide an Arab perspective on the Crusades.

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*cite book|last=Maalouf|first= Amin|title=The Crusades Through Arab Eyes|location=New York|publisher= Schocken Books|year=1984|id= ISBN 0-8052-0898-4


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