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Intro -- Contents -- Author's Preface to the English Translation -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Development of the Syrian System of Autonomous Lordships (c. 1070-1099) -- The System of Autonomous Lordships before the First Crusade (c. 1070-1099) -- Frankish-Muslim Alliances and Treaties during the First Crusade (1097-99) -- Chapter Two Relations between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab States in the Period of the Syrian Autonomous Rulers (1098-1158) -- The Territorial Expansion of the Frankish Lordships and Their Integration (1098-1112/13) -- The Paradigm of the 'Counter-Crusade': The Syrian Lordships and the Advance of Turkish Allied Armies from the East (1098-1128) -- Syrian Alliance Politics from the Expansion of the Zengid Dominions to the Frankish-Byzantine Rapprochement (1128-58) -- Chapter Three Frankish-Muslim Relations in the Period of Nur al-Din and Saladin (1158-92) -- The Expansion of the 'No Place' Doctrine and Frankish Policy Towards Egypt and Byzantium (1158-74) -- Franks, Zengids and Nizaris: The Syrian Lordships Confronting the Expansion of the Ayyubid Dominions (1174-83) -- Between Treaty Policy and Confrontation, Subordination and Jihad: Frankish-Ayyubid Relations from the Peak of the Party Disputes in Jerusalem to the End of Saladin's Life (1184-93) -- A Glance at Frankish-Muslim Relations in the Thirteenth Century -- Chapter Four Instruments and Implications of Frankish-Muslim Legal Relations in the Middle East during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- Technicalities and Validity of Frankish-Muslim Treaties in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- The Formation and Function of Muslim-Frankish Condominia (Munāsafāt) in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- Maps.

In Alliances and Treaties between Frankish and Muslim Rulers Michael Köhler presents a ground-breaking study of Frankish-Muslim diplomacy in the period from the First Crusade through to the thirteenth century.