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Jerusalem
The Holy City in Context
1187-1250
edited by
Robert Hillenbrand
and
Sylvia Auld
Al-Aqsa Mosque,
Nur al-Din minbar.
Photo Alistair
Duncan.
Ayyubid Jerusalem
The Holy City in Context
1187-1250
edited by
Robert Hillenbrand
and
Sylvia Auld
Ayyubid rule marks a new beginning for Islamic Jerusalem, after almost a century of Crusader domination, and it served as
a curtain-raiser for the thorough transformation which the city experienced under the Mamluks.This renewed interest in Jerusalem
was triggered by the Crusader presence and by the supreme effort that it took to dislodge them from the city. Nevertheless, it
proved problematic to sustain the momentum generated by Saladins victory at Hattin in July 1187 and his capture of Jerusalem
a few months later. This was a time of transition, whenafter the shock administered by the CrusadersJerusalem reclaimed its
Islamic identity once more.
This work, edited by Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld, looks at the city, its history and its monuments, and at Ayyubid
art in general during this critical period; it examines their context and what influenced them. It draws on the expertise of a wide
range of disciplines represented by internationally acknowledged academics and specialists who have produced a corpus of material
which will serve as a standard work on the subject for the foreseeable future.
This monumental work stands as the third element in a great trilogy on the Islamic heritage of Jerusalem which the
Altajir Trust (and its predecessor The World of Islam Festival Trust) has published in the last 25 years. Thus Ayyubid Jerusalem takes
its place alongside Mamluk Jerusalem (1987) and Ottoman Jerusalem (2000)three works which will endure as a magisterial record
of the fortunes and achievements of the city from the 12th to the 20th centuries.
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