Islam and the Abode of War: Military Slaves and Islamic Adversaries: Military Slaves and the Adversaries of Islam (Variorum Collected Studies)

by David Ayalon (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $123.87

  This work offers detailed information and assessments of the part played by the military in Islamic history. It ranges from the military reforms of Caliph al-Muctasim, through military slavery in Egypt and Syria, to Islam versus Christian Europe and the impact of firearms on the Muslim world.