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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494746603321

Autore

Baadj Amar Salem

Titolo

Saladin, the Almohads and the Banu Ghaniya : the contest for North Africa (12th and 13th centuries) / / by Amar Salem Baadj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29857-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib, , 1877-9808 ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

961/.022

Soggetti

Almohades - Africa, North

Almoravides - Africa, North

Electronic books.

Africa, North History 647-1517

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 The Eastern Maghrib in the Period of City-States and Petty Dynasties -- 3 The Coming of the Almohads and the Rise of the Banū Ghāniya -- 4 The Emergence of a New Order in Egypt -- 5 The Ayyubids and the West -- 6 The Almohad Response under al-Manṣūr -- 7 The Long Career of Yaḥyā born Ghāniya -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix: Primary Sources -- Tables -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Saladin, the Almohads and the Banū Ghāniya , Amar Baadj gives us the first comprehensive, modern study of a fascinating but little-known episode in the history of the medieval Mediterranean. This is the story of the long struggle between the Almohad caliphs of the Maghrib, the Banū Ghāniya of Majorca, and the Ayyubids for dominance of North Africa. The author makes use of important textual sources that have been ignored as well as new archaeological evidence to challenge some of the basic assumptions about the events in question. He also successfully places these events in their wider temporal and geographical context for the first time.