IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 109: The Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades: New Approaches, New Sources, I

Organisers:	Paul M. Cobb, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania Konrad Hirschler, Department of History, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London Suleiman A. Mourad, Department of Religion, Smith College, Massachusetts
Moderator/Chair:	Suleiman A. Mourad, Department of Religion, Smith College, Massachusetts
Paper 109-a	The Eschatology of al-Sulamī (Language: English) Kenneth Goudie, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Paper 109-b	Two Writings of al-Ṭurṭūshī as Evidence for Muslim Reactions to the Frankish Presence (Language: English) Alex Mallett, Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Index terms: Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies
Abstract	The Muslim World in the Age of the Crusades studies the impact of the crusades on the Islamic World. The central focus of the session is on the direct or indirect response to the crusades and to the prolonged settlement of Latin Europeans in the Middle East and North Africa between the 11th and 15th centuries. The session includes topics such as Muslim understandings of the crusades and the challenge they posed, intellectual and cultural transformations within the world of Islam generated as a response to the crusades, and everyday relations between the Franks and indigenous populations.