Islam and the abode of war : military slaves and Islamic adversaries /: military slaves and Islamic adversaries. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: David Ayalon.
• Authors: Ayalon, David
• Contents: Contents: Preface; The military reforms of caliph al-Mu’tasim: their background and consequences; Mamluk: military slavery in Egypt and Syria; From Ayyubids to Mamluks; Bahri Mamluks, Burji Mamluks: inadequate names for the two reigns of the Mamluk sultanate; The Mamluk novice: on his youthfulness and on his original religion; Mamluk military aristocracy: a non-hereditary nobility; The auxiliary forces of the Mamluk sultanate; Some remarks on the economic decline of the Mamluk sultanate; The end of the Mamluk sultanate: why did the Ottomans spare the Mamluks of Egypt and wipe out the Mamluks of Syria?; Mamluk military aristocracy during the first years of the Ottoman occupation of Egypt; On the term khadim in the sense of ’eunuch’ in the early Muslim sources; The Nubian dam; Islam versus Christian Europe: the case of the Holy Land; The impact of firearms on the Muslim world; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 962.02; Mamelukes; Slavery -- Middle East -- History; Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517; Syria -- History -- 1260-1516
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000585179
• Related ISBNs: 9781000585032; 9781003278849
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