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Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

Btw Eric,

Usamah ibn Almunkidh is an Arab, not 'saracenic' whatever that means.

Robinson was relaying a quote from Usamah's memoirs, he was describing the equipment of an Emir in Ayyubid times

Saracen
[sar-uh-suh n]
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noun
1.
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
2.
(in later use) an Arab.
3.
a Muslim, especially in the period of the Crusades.
adjective
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Also, Saracenic [sar-uh-sen-ik] (Show IPA), Saracenical. of or relating to the Saracens.

From Wikipedia.

Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbi[1] (also Usamah, Ousama, etc.; Arabic: أسامة بن منقذ‎) (July 4, 1095 – November 17, 1188[2]) was a medieval Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His life coincided with the rise of several medieval Muslim dynasties, the arrival of the First Crusade, and the establishment of the crusader states.

During and immediately after his life he was most famous as a poet and adib (a "man of letters"). In modern times he is remembered for his Kitab al-I'tibar ("Book of Learning by Example" or "Book of Contemplation"), which contains lengthy descriptions of the crusaders, whom he interacted with on many occasions, and some of whom he considered friends, although he generally saw them as ignorant foreigners. He died in Damascus in 1188, at the age of 93.