ABSTRACT
For the most part, the story of the First Crusade has been told from the viewpoint of the saddle of a warrior's horse, from the cloister of a monk, or occasionally from that of the 'mind' of a footman, woman or other non-combatant. Never has it been told from that of the gaze of a seaman to the horizon from the masthead of a ship, although a small number of studies have appeared in recent years. 1 The Muslim perspective has been almost entirely neglected. 2
