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Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī (also Usamah, Ousama, etc.; Arabic: مجد الدّين اُسامة ابن مُرشد ابن على ابن مُنقذ الكنانى الكلبى) (4 July 1095 – 17 November 1188) or Ibn Munqidh was a medieval Arab Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat ...
Muslim writer. Learn about this topic in these articles: contribution to Islamic literature. In Islamic arts: Decentralization of Islamic literatures. …a lively Arabic autobiography by Usāmah ibn Munqidh (died 1188), which sheds much light upon the life and cultural background of a Syrian knight during the Crusades.
Learn about Usamah ibn Munqidh, a Syrian nobleman and soldier who wrote memoirs about his life during the Crusades. Find out his biography, achievements, and views on the Franks (Christian crusaders) and Saladin.
Nov 9, 2023 · Sources that look at two sides and can concede where honesty demands it are sources that any historian should look at. Usamah ibn Munqidh’s autobiography gives the historian a glimpse of the European Christian world in the Middle East and how they were perceived by the Muslims residing there.
Usama ibn Munqidh was a 12th century Syrian noble who served under various rulers and recorded his experiences in his memoir kitab al-Itibar. He gives us a firsthand account of medieval warfare, the Crusades, and his views on the Franks, Muslims, and other enemies and allies.
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Kitab al-I'tibar ( Arabic: كتاب الاعتبار, The Book of Learning by Example) is the autobiography of Usama ibn-Munqidh, an Arab Syrian diplomat, soldier of the 12th century, hunter, poet and nobleman. The book was first discovered in 1880 in the Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (San Lorenzo de El Escorial ...
Usama ibn Munqidh was a medieval Muslim poet, author, and diplomat who witnessed the rise of several dynasties and the First Crusade. He wrote many poetry anthologies and a book about the crusaders, and served various courts in Syria, Egypt, and Cairo.
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