Matthew Al-Rahawi Source of the crusades of the Crusades Zimses on the East 359-366 / 969-976

Abstract

This study Purpose at defining the life of the Armenian historian Matta al-Rahawi, which is almost unknown. His well-known book on the history of Matthew al-Rahawi is one of the most important Armenian sources dealing with the Crusades. The campaigns of the Byzantine Empire were the beginning of the Crusades, This paper deals with a comparative comparative study between the time of the Rahawi and the Islamic and non-Islamic sources