پژوهش در منابع تاريخي دوره ايوبي

A Study of Historical Sources from the Ayyubid Period

The rule of the Kurdish Ayyubids in Egypt, Syria and Yemen, their wars against the crusaders, the fall of the Fatimids in Egypt at the hand of this dynasty and their defeat of the Zangid atubaks in the Jazira and Syria, constitute some of the most important events in Islamic history. Before attempting a study of this dynastyʹs rule in Egypt, Syria and the Jazira, their beliefs and practices or the buildings which have survived from the period, it is necessary to complete a scientific evaluation of the sources. In this paper, the existing sources have been divided into four groups. I have concentrated on the first group: original sources.