Usama b. Munqidh E / L XII
اسامة بن منقذ (Usama 101)
(Unspecified)
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Narrative
(38)
Authorship
(2)
He reported that Tall Hiraq and Rawandan, two centres in the region of Aleppo, were ruled by
Ridwan 4001
at the end of the eleventh century
حكى مويد الدولة اسامة ... بن منقذ قال تال هراق و الراوندان هذان المركزان من اعمال حلب فيهما الملك رضوان بن تاج الدولة. Ibn Shaddad 381
He reports at the end of his History that the ruler of Antioch in his day was
Bohemond 20102
, and that this Bohemond was a devil and a son of
Bohemond 17001
[in fact of
Raymond 17001
]
ملك انطاكية ... على ما حكاه أسامة ... في تأريخه شيطان من ذرية ملكها بيمند ... وفي مدته انتهى تاريخه فانه قال وهو ملكها الى الان. Ibn Shaddad 309
Death
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Description
(1)
He was a young boy at the time
وانا ... صبي. Usama 55
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Kinship
(9)
brother of
Ali 102
اخي. Usama 16
brother of
Muhammad 102
اخي. Usama 27
cousin of
Khitam 101
(ابن عمي). Usama 59
cousin of
Yahya 101
(ابن عمّي). Usama 43
father of
Anonymi 192
(اولادي). Usama 34
father of
Murhaf 101
(ابني). Usama 132
husband of
Anonymae 107
(اهلي). Usama 34
nephew of
Sultan 101
(عمّي). Usama 41
son of
Murshid 101
(ابي). Usama 50
Language Skill
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Location
(35)
Acre
accompanied
Anar 101
to see
Fulk 4001
at Acre عكا. Usama 196
returned to Acre عكّا. Usama 82
Apamea
made an incursion against Apamea افامية. Usama 57
on the orders of
Sultan 101
, set out for Apamea افامية. Usama 41
together with
Mahmud 103
, fought the Franks outside Apamea افامية. Usama 46-47
Askalon
arrived at dawn with his troops and camped outside the citadel at Askalon عسقلان. Usama 15
attacked Yubna from Asakalon عسقلان. Usama 17
in order to fight the Franks, spent four months in Askalon عسقلان. Usama 17
repelled with his own men a Frankish attack on Askalon عسقلان. Usama 16
set off for Egypt after four months in Askalon عسقلان. Usama 18
went on an expedition to Bayt Jibrìl from Askalon عسقلان. Usama 16
Bayt Jibril
went on an expedition from Askalon to Bayt Jibril بيت جبريل. Usama 17
Bostra (south of Damascus)
met
Nur al-Din 4001
at Bostra بصرى. Usama 14
Damascus
was at that time in Damascus دمشق. Usama 65
Egypt
set off for Egypt مصر. Usama 18
Haifa
was offered a leopard for sale while passing through Haifa حيفا. Usama 111
Jerusalem
travelled to Jerusalem بيت المقدس. Usama 135
Jerusalem: small mosque next to al-Aqsa
whenever he was in Jerusalem, he would pray in a small mosque next to al-Aqsa مسجد صغير قد جعله الافرنج كنيسة. Usama 134
Kafartab (Syria)
accompanied
Sultan 101
on a journey from Shayzar to Kafartab كفرطاب. Usama 151
fought and won against a Frankish ambush at Kafartab كفرطاب. Usama 58-59
left Kafartab كفرطاب. Usama 76
repelled the Franks with a ruse outside Kafartab كفرطاب. Usama 151
Nablus
stayed at the lodgings of
Muizz 101
whenever he was in Nablus نابلس. Usama 136
witnessed the duel between
Anonymus 799
and
Anonymus 801
in Nablus نابلس. Usama 138
Petra (Kerak, Jordan)
prayed at the mosque in Petra بالكهف والرقيم. Usama 15
Shayzar (Cesarea Magna)
accompanied
Sultan 101
on a journey to Kafartab from Shayzar شيزر. Usama 151
fought Frankish attackers outside Shayzar شيزر. Usama 56-57
left Kafartab for Shayzar شيزر. Usama 76
went back and received a visit from
Philippos 103
at Shayzar شيزر. Usama 43
Tiberias (Palestine)
was sent to
Nur al-Din 4001
to ask him to attack Tiberias طبرية. Usama 10
witnessed a Frankish feast at Tiberias طبرية. Usama 138
Tyre (Palestine)
saw a Frankish woman in a bathhouse at Tyre صور. Usama 137
Valley of Bohemond
founght the Franks and thought he had killed
Philippos 103
at the Valley of Bohemond (near Apamea) وادي ابو ميمون. Usama 41-42
Wadi Musa: Mountains of the Banu Fuhayd
was ambushed several times in the Mountains of the Banu Fuhayd (in the Petra area) جبال بني فهيد ... في وادي موسى. Usama 27-28
Yubna
from Askalon made an attack on Yubna (ancient seaport) مدينة يبنى. Usama 17
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