Contents

List of Maps and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration

PART ONE. THE INTENSIFICATION AND REORIENTATION OF SUNNI JIHAD IDEOLOGY IN THE CRUSADER PERIOD: IBN 'ASAKIR OF DAMASCUS (1105-1176) AND HIS AGE

Chapter One. Ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176): Life and Career

1. Life, Education, and Career

2. Works

Chapter Two. Jihad in Early Islamic History: An Overview

1. Religion and Warfare

2. Jihad and Warfare in the Qur'an

3. Jihad and Warfare in Islamic History before the Crusader Period

Chapter Three. Jihad Preaching in Damascus between the First and Second Crusades

1. Al-Sulami and His Book of Jihad

2. The Sunni Damascene Establishment and Jihad Propaganda after al-Sulami

3. Was Ibn 'Asakir Aware of al-Sulami's Book of Jihad?

Chapter Four. Ibn 'Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Twelfth Century

1. Ibn 'Asakir and Nur al-Din

2. Ibn 'Asakir as Propagandist of Jihad

3. The "Forty Hadiths" Genre

4. Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology

5. Ahmad al-Hanafi of Aleppo, al-Wasiti of Iraq, and al-Qadi 'Iyad of Morocco

Chapter Five. The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad

1. The Manuscript

2. The Forty Hadiths' Characteristics

3. Teachers from whom Ibn 'Asakir Derived the Material for his Forty Hadiths

D. Ibn 'Asakir's Distinctive Vision of Jihad in his Forty Hadiths

5. Quranic Passages in Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths

Chapter Six. Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Thirteenth-Century Damascus

1. The Colophons (Sama'at) on al-Birzali's Copy of Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths

2. What Do the Colophons Tell Us about Sunni Jihad Propaganda in Thirteenth-Century Damascus?

Chapter Seven. The Legacy of the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology since the Thirteenth Century

1. Ibn Taymiya

2. The Early Modern Period

3. Conclusion

PART TWO. EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF THE FORTY HADITHS FOR INCITING JIHAD (AL-ARBA'UN HADITHAN FI AL-HATHTH 'ALA AL-JIHAD)

Notes on the Arabic Edition

Notes on the English Translation

Text and Translation

Bibliography

Classical Scholarship

Modern Scholarship

Index

Index of Qur'anic & Biblical References