John Joseph Saunders

For other people named John Saunders, see John Saunders (disambiguation).

John Joseph Saunders (1910–1972) was a British historian whose work focused on medieval Islamic and Asian history. He was a lecturer at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

His main works (sometimes signed J. J. Saunders) are:

• A History of Medieval Islam (1961)
• Aspects of the Crusades (1962)
• The Muslim World on the Eve of Europe's Expandion (1966)
• The History of the Mongol Conquests (1971)

References

• The Significance of Egypt