The Knights of Islam: The Wars of the Mamluks Tapa dura - 2007

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Greenhill Book, 2007. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Greenhill Press, 2007. New book, 304 pages. At one distinct point in history, the Mamluks were the greatest body of fighting men in the world. The quintessence of the mounted warrior, they reached near perfection in their skill with the bow, lance and sword. They were slave soldiers, imported as boys into the Islamic Empire from the pagan Steppes, but they became its saviour, defeating the Mongols and forming the machine of jihad that destroyed the Crusader kingdoms of Palestine and Syria. They entered the Islamic world as unlettered automatons and through a total application to the craft of the warrior they became more than soldiers. After a bloody siezure of power from their masters, the descendants of Saladin, they developed a martial code and an honour system based on barracks brotherhood and created a sophisticated military society that harnessed the state's energies for total war. They also produced a series of treatises on cavalry tactics, martial training, mounted archery and scientific… Leer más

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London St. Paul : Greenhill ; MBI publishing, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-293) and index. Subjects: Mamelukes. Military art and science Egypt History Medieval, 500-1500. Mamelukes History.