An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades

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Copyright 1029 By Columbia University Press Published May 1929 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE PLIMPTON PRESS • NORWOOD • MASS.
PREFACE The initiative for the production of this work was taken by Professor Dana C. Munro, a lifelong friend of Usamah, at whose suggestion the Editor of the "Records of Civilization" asked the writer to undertake a fresh study of the life and memoirs of Usamah. A comparison of the photographic reproduction of folio 36 of the original manuscript, appearing at the end of Hartwig Derenbourg's Texle arabe de I'aulobiograpkie d'Ousama (Paris, 1886) with the corresponding pages 37-38 of the book convinced me of the suspect character of the published text and of the necessity of going back of it to the original copy of the manuscript. Through the good offices of the American Embassy at Madrid a photostatic reproduction of the original unique manuscript in the Escurial was procured. It is this copy that forms the basis of this work. The thanks of the writer are due to many friends whose aid he solicited and received in reading the original text as well as in comprehending it and rendering it into English. Among these, special mention should be made of Amin Bey Kisbany, former secretary of King Feisal, whose intimate and first-hand knowledge of things Arabic served to illuminate many an obscure passage , Dr. Stephen J. Herben, of Princeton University, who generously advised me on terminology used in medieval warfare and armory , Professor Henry L. Savage, who helped in disentangling many verbal and technical knots in connection with falconry and the hunt, Professor Munro and the Editor of and, in particular, the series, who read the work through and offered a number of valuable criticisms. Acknowledgment should also be made of the services of my wife, who read the proofs, sketched the map and prepared the index. Princeton, New Jersey March, 1929 Philip K. Hitti
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Page 6 and 7: CONTENTS An artisan dies from a nee
Page 8 and 9: X CONTENTS SECTION II RARE ANECDOTE
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. 4 USAMAH'S SECOND SOJOURN IN DAMA
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96 AN ARAB-SYRIAN GENTLEMAN horses.
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98 AN ARAB-SYRIAN GENTLEMAN He depa
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SECTION II RARE ANECDOTES
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. i. STORIES OF HOLY MEN Al-Basri's
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SECTION III USAMAH'S HUNTING EXPERI
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HUNTING IN SYRIA 223 One day I acco
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HUNTING IN SYRIA 22S ing a red-eyed
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HUNTING IN SYRIA 227 Hamah when our
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 229 The
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 231 arr
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 233 My
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 237 Thi
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 241 us.
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 247 our
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 249 arm
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the hare ran off. USAMAH'S FATHER A
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USAMAH'S FATHER AS A HUNTER 253 Pla
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THE END OF THE BOOK Praise be to Al
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260 INDEX Baha'-al-Dln, al-Sharlf a
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262 INDEX KamU al-Mashtub, 95, 126,
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264 INDEX §andQdiya, 205 §anduq,
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