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| List of Maps and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Notes on Transliteration | |
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| The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period: Ibn 'Asakir of Damascus (1105-1176) and His Age | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176): Life and Career | |
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| Life, Education, and Career | |
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| Works | |
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| Jihad in Early Islamic History: An Overview | |
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| Religion and Warfare | |
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| Jihad and Warfare in the Qur'an | |
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| Jihad and Warfare in Islamic History before the Crusader Period | |
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| Jihad Preaching in Damascus between the First and Second Crusades | |
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| Al-Sulami and His Book of Jihad | |
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| The Sunni Damascene Establishment and Jihad Propaganda after al-Sulami | |
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| Was Ibn 'Asakir Aware of al-Sulami's Book of Jihad? | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Twelfth Century | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir and N�r al-Din | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir as Propagandist of Jihad | |
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| The "Forty Hadiths" Genre | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology | |
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| Ahmad al-Hanafi of Aleppo, al-Wasiti of Iraq, and al-Qadi 'Iyad of Morocco | |
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| The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad | |
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| The Manuscript | |
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| The Forty Hadiths' Characteristics | |
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| Teachers from whom Ibn 'Asakir Derived the Material for His Forty Hadiths | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir's Distinctive Vision of Jihad in His Forty Hadiths | |
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| Quranic Passages in Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths | |
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| Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths and the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in Thirteenth-Century Damascus | |
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| The Colophons (Sama'at) on al-Birzali's Copy of Ibn 'Asakir's Forty Hadiths | |
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| What Do the Colophons Tell Us about Sunni Jihad Propaganda in Thirteenth-Century Damascus? | |
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| The Legacy of the Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology since the Thirteenth-Century | |
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| Ibn Taymiya | |
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| The Early Modern Period | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Edition and Translation of Al-Arbsun Hadithan Fi Al-Hathth 'Ala Al-Jihad (The Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad) | |
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| Notes on the Arabic Edition | |
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| Notes on the English Translation | |
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| Text and Translation | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Index of Qur'anic & Biblical References | |