Abstract
Hoards of the Fatimid period have been used by scholars to illustrate a variety of macro-historical developments in the eleventh-century CE Fatimid Empire and Fatimid-ruled Palestine. This is not surprising as the number of Fatimid-period hoards discovered in excavations is very large, totaling 29. However, the deposition of a large share of these so-called ‘Fatimid hoards,’ 15 out of the 29, are in fact important material evidence of the arrival of the armies of the First Crusade in 1099 in southern Syria/Palestine and the territorial expansion of the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem during the first years of the twelfth century CE.
Keywords
Fatimid Period Hoards, Gold Dinars, Early Islamic Palestine, First Crusade, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Recommended Citation
Kool, Robert
(2023)
"Fatimid Hoards as Evidence of the First Crusade and the Establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1101),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 112, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1050
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol112/iss1/10