The fortress of the raven : : Karak in the Middle Islamic period (1100 -1650) / / by Marcus Milwright.

• Superior document: Islamic history and civilization, v. 72
• Author: Milwright, Marcus.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization ; v. 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman sultanates. This book traces the history of Karak and the surrounding lands during the Middle Islamic period (c.1100-1650 CE). The book offers an innovative methodology, combining primary textual sources (in Latin and Arabic) with archaeological data (principally the ceramic record) as a means to reconstruct the fluctuating economic relations between Karak and other regions of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Milwright -- Chapter One. Introduction / Milwright -- Chapter Two. The political history of Karak / Milwright -- Chapter Three. Administration and architectural patronage in Karak and its dependent regions / Milwright -- Chapter Four. Economic survey of Karak and its dependent regions / Milwright -- Chapter Five. Summary of the historical evidence / Milwright -- Chapter Six. Unglazed ceramics / Milwright -- Chapter Seven. Glazed ceramics / Milwright -- Chapter Eight. Summary of the ceramic evidence / Milwright -- Chapter Nine. Conclusion / Milwright -- Appendix One. Catalogue of the ceramics from Karak: Areas A–F / Milwright -- Appendix Two. Identifications of sites / Milwright -- Bibliography / Milwright -- Index / Milwright.