Mamluk 'Askari 1250-1517

Name: Mamluk 'Askari 1250-1517
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ISBN: 9781782009283

ISBN-10: 1782009280

ISBN-13: 9781782009283

Edition: 2014

Authors: David Nicolle, Peter Dennis

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New archaeological material and research underpin this extensive, detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the famous Mamluk Askars.The Mamluk army is credited with finally defeating and expelling the Crusaders from the Middle East, with defeating and halting the Mongol invasion of the Islamic Middle East, and with facing down - though not defeating - Tamerlane. Their state was an essentially military one but was for centuries also the Protector of the Holy Places, which gave it supreme prestige within the later medieval Islamic world.The mamluk troops (askaris) of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria were probably the ultimate professional soldiers of the medieval period. They…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 11/18/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.85" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English