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Ibn al-Qalanisi is a chronicler who lived in Damascus when it was conquered by the Crusaders. His observations probably reflect what the average Muslim elite thought of Europeans.
>Europeans were filthy, brutish Barbarians who smelled bad
>Europeans did not know how to tell the cardinal directions
>Europeans would talk to a woman in public and that was considered scandalous and barbaric
>European medicine was also primitive
>But there were also comments about the foolish local peasantry who were easily swayed by them, although it's not mentioned how, I assume some form of organisational reforms were carried out

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Religion and theology aside, how better or worse were peasants in the Middle East viewed and treated compared to Western Europe?