Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Qasida on the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols 2. Notes on the Arabic materials for the history of the early Crusades 3. Influence of Chengiz Khan's Yasa upon the general organization of the Mamluk state 4. Studies on the structure of the Mamluk army [I] 5. Studies on the structure of the Mamluk army [II] 6. Studies on the structure of the Mamluk army [III] 7. Saladin and the Assassins 8. Position and power of the Mamluk sultan 9. Cassiodorus and Rashid al-Din 10. Treaties of the early Mamluks with the Franks 11. The Momgol Empire (review article) 12. Saladin and his admirers: a bibliographical assessment 13. Observations on the 'Abbasid caliphate of Cairo 14. The 'Great Yasa of Cingiz Khan' and Mongol law in the Ilkhanate 15. The Ilkhan Ahmad's embassies to Qalawun: two contemporary accounts 16. The Crusades of 1239-41 and their aftermath 17. Secret History of the Mongols: fresh revelations 18. Ghazan, Islam and Mongol tradition: a view from the Mamluk sultanate 19. Marco Polo and his 'Travels' Index

About the Author

Gerald R. Hawting is Head of the History Department and Professor in the History of the Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His special interest and most of his publications relate to the early development of Islam in the Middle East.