Muslim disunity and lost in the first crusade

• Main Authors: Alatas, Alwi, Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UTM Press 2022
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/98563/7/98563_Muslim%20disunity%20and%20lost%20in%20the%20first%20crusade.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/98563/; https://jurnalumran.utm.my/index.php/umran/article/download/566/268/3358; https://doi.org/10.11113/umran2022.9n2.566

The Frankish army in the First Crusade were moved by the call of Pope Urban II in 1095. Over the next four years, they succeeded in capturing important cities in Asia Minor and al Shām (Greater Syria), such as Nicaea, Edessa, Antioch and Jerusalem. The strength of the crusading forces was actually...