Expanded contents list
List of colour plates
List of half tone plates
List of figures
Preface by Yasir Suleiman
Acknowledgements
Note on the transliteration and translations
Note on the illustrations
Glossary of Islamic terms
Glossary of Arabic military terms
Chronological list of major medieval Islamic authors mentioned in the text
Chronological table of important events until the fall of Acre in 690/1291
Dynastic tables
Key to abbreviations used in the text
Sources for the illustrations
ch. 1. Prologue
ch. 2. The first crusade and the Muslim's initial reactions to the coming of the Franks
ch. 3. Jihad in the period 493-569/1100-1174
ch. 4. Jihad in the period from the death of Nur al-Din until the fall of Acre (569-690/1174-1291)
ch. 5. How the Muslims saw the Franks : ethnic and religious stereotypes
ch. 6. Aspects of life in the Levant in the crusading period
ch. 7. Armies, arms, armour and fortifications
ch. 8. The conduct of war
ch. 9. Epilogue: The heritage of the crusades
Bibliography
Index.