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Historian Carole Hillenbrand ranks high among the world's top crusades scholars. As Professor of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh, her work focusing on Islamic perspectives of the crusades, resulting from her use of Arab sources, has set her apart from most other crusades historians who traditionally research the subject only from the perspective of the crusaders. [Continued] In addition to winning the respect of her peers, Dr. Hillenbrand's efforts have also won her considerable monetary compensation. In 2005 she won the prestigious Saudi Arabian based King Faisal Internation Prize for her book, “The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives,“ which examines the period between 1099 to 1291 from a Muslim perspective rather than the traditional European perspective. The cash value of the award was no less than $200,000 dollars. In presenting the award, the King Faisal Foundation cited Dr. Hillenbrand's “objectivity, preciseness and clarity of thinking” in her groundbreaking research. [Continued] Dr. Hillenbrand's education began... [Continued] Select list of Publications Books published The waning of the Umayyad caliphate, State University of New York Press, Albany, 1989, 273pp. A Muslim principality in Crusader times: the early Artuqid state, The Netherlands Historical and Archaeological Institute for the Near East in Istanbul, Leiden, 1990, 266pp. The Crusades: Islamic perspectives, Edinburgh University Press, 1999, 647pp. Books edited Qajar Iran: Political, Social and Cultural Change, 1800-1925, Edinburgh University Press, 1984, 414pp. Co-edited with C. Edmund Bosworth. The Sultan's Turret: Studies in Persian and Turkish Culture in honour of Professor Edmund Bosworth, Brill, Leiden, 1999, 544pp. Articles and chapters in books "The career of Najm al-Din Il-Ghazi", Der Islam 58/2 (1981), 250-291. "Some mediaeval Islamic approaches to source material", Oriens 27-8 (1981), 197-225. "The establishment of Artuqid power in Diyar Bakr in the twelfth century", Studia Islamica LIV (1981), 129-153. "Islamic orthodoxy or Realpolitik?: al-Ghazali's views on government", Iran XXVI (1988), 81-94 (13,000 words). "A Muslim success in the Second Crusade", in Mélanges Dominique Sourdel, ed. L. Kalus, Geutner, Paris, 1989, 165-171. "Mu'in al-Din Parwana: the servant of two masters?", Miscellanea Arabica et Islamica, ed. F. de Jong, Peeters, Louvin, 1993, 267-275. "Aspects of jihad propaganda: the evidence of 12th century inscriptions", Proceedings of the Conference on the History of the Crusades, University of Bir Zeit, Bir Zeit, 1993, 53-63. "Al-Ghazali on beauty", Festschrift Professor Annemarie Schimmel, ed. J.C. Bürgel, Peter Lang Verlag, Bern, 1994, 249-265. "Ibn al-'Adim's biography of the Seljuq sultan, Alp Arslan", Actas XVI Congreso Union Européene des Arabisants et Islamisants, Salamanca, 1995, 237-242. "1092: a murderous year", Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Union Européene des Arabisants et Islamisants, Budapest, 1995, 281-296. "The power struggle between the Saljuqs and the Isma'ilis of Alamut, 497-518/1094-1124: the Saljuq perspective", in Studies in Isma'ili history, ed. F. Daftary, Cambridge University Press, 1995, 205-220. "The First Crusade: the Muslim perspective", in The origins and impact of the First Crusade, ed. J. Phillips, Manchester University Press, 1997, 130-141. "Some reflections on Seljuq historiography", in Eastern approaches to Byzantium, ed. A.Eastmond, Aldershot, 2000, 73-88. "'Abominable acts': the career of Zengi" in The Second Crusade, ed. J.Phillips and M. Hoch, Manchester, 2001, 111-32. "Women in the Seljuq period" in Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800, ed.G.Nashat and L. Beck, Illinois, 2003, 103-20. "Some reflections on the imprisonment of Reynald of Chatillon" in Texts, Documents and Artefacts: Islamic Studies in Honour of D.S. Richards, ed. C.F. Robinson, Leiden, 2003, 79-102. "Some thoughts on the use of the Qur'an in monumental inscriptions in Syria and Palestine in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries" in Islamic reflections, Arabic musings: Studies in honour of Professor Alan Jones, ed. R. Hoyland and P.F. Kennedy, Gibb Memorial Trust, Warminster, 2004, 277 -87 "A little-known Mirror for Princes of al-Ghazali" in Festschrift für Gerhard Endress, Leuven, 2004, 591-99 "The legacy of the Crusades" in Crusades: The Illustrated History, ed. T.Madden, London, 2004, 202-11 Work in press "Muhammad and the rise of Islam", The New Cambridge Medieval History: due to appear 2005. In press since February 1994 "The evolution of the Saladin legend in the West" in Festschrift Pouzet, Beirut, 2005 "Die politische und religiöse Situation im Orient zur Zeit der Ankunft der ersten Kreuzzugsheere", in Die Kreuzfahrer, Mannheim, 2005 "Ravandi, the Seljuq court at Konya and the Persianisation of Anatolian cities" in Mesogeios (Mediterranean Studies), Paris, 2005 Crusades Historians- Crusades-Encyclopedia Interview with Carole Hillenbrand and Thomas Madden- National Catholic Reporter, February 24, 2006. Carole Hillenbrand Crusade v. Jihad : Medieval reactions prompt modern attitudes, says Carole Hillenbrand U.K. Telegraph, November 15, 2001. Carole Hillenbrand The Crusades then and Now Presentation Given in the House of Commons, CAABU- Given April 12, 2000. 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