The Story of the Tatars by Ragheb El-Sergany

About the author of The Story of the Tatars

He was born in Egypt in 1964, graduated with honours from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University in 1988, and memorised the Holy Quran in 1991. The book discusses the Tatars, how they were raised and how they emerged, and how they became a great power that ruled vast territories and invaded many countries. The author, al-Sirjani, tries to connect these events to today's reality so that we can draw lessons and morals from them. The book ends with the Battle of Ain Jalut and the victory of the Muslims, affirming that history is an inexhaustible treasure unbounded by time or place

Key issues covered in The Story of the Tatars

The Emergence of the Tatars / The First Tatar Invasion / The Second Tatar Invasion / The Third Tatar Invasion / The Fall of Baghdad / The Invasion of the Levant / The Rise of the Mamluks / Preparations for Ain Jalut / Lessons from Ain Jalut / Baghdad Between Two Decades / The Story of the Tatars from the Beginning to Ain Jalut