Memoirs of an Arab-Syrian Gentleman by Usamah Ibn-Munqidh

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1964. Khayats. Reprint.

An Arab Knight in the Crusades. Translated from the unquie manuscript by Philip K. Hitti.

The life of ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished in the period of the early Crusades. His memoirs present an uncommon non-European perspective and understanding of the military and cultural contact between East and West, Muslim and Christian. His writing is remarkable for its narrative clarity, its humanity, and its wealth of perceptive details.