Atlas al-Hamalat al-Salibiyya ala al-Mashriq al-Islami fi al-Usur al-Wusta (Atlas of the Crusades against the Islamic East in the Middle Ages)
An illustrated history of the Crusades in the Islamic East during the Middle Ages, using maps, pictures and drawings to show the routes of the campaigns and the main sites and events. The book covers the motives and beginnings of the Crusades, the occupation of Jerusalem and the founding of the Crusader principalities and kingdoms, then the awakening of the Islamic world and its response to the later campaigns. It presents key events such as the recovery of Edessa, the Battle of Hattin, the recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of Acre and the campaigns against Egypt, along with the role of leaders such as Saladin and al-Zahir Baybars. The atlas offers a visual and geographical sequence that helps the reader follow how the conflict in the region developed over that period.
Sami ibn Abdullah al-Maghlouth