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

• Autore: Baadj Amar Salem
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 961/.022
• Soggetto topico: Almohades - Africa, North; Almoravides - Africa, North
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, North History 647-1517
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Saladin, the Almohads and the Banu Ghaniya
• ISBN: 90-04-29857-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910494746603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib ; ; Volume 7.