Circassians, Mamlūk - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Circassians, Mamlūk - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Petry, Carl Forbes

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061275
Doc. NO	:	ALei1672
Main Entry	:	Petry, Carl Forbes
Title & Author	:	Circassians, Mamlūk - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Petry, Carl Forbes
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(946 words)
Abstract	:	The second period of the Mamlūk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria (784–922/1382–1517) was called by contemporary historians the “regime of the Circassians ” (Ar. dawlat al-jarākisa) or the “Tower” (burj) , in reference to the Citadel barracks in Cairo, where they were initially stationed. Adolescents brought from the Circassian region (bilād al-jarkas) of the Caucasus for training as cadets for military service appear occasionally in the first, or Turkish Baḥrī, period of the sultanate (648–784/1250–1382). They became a salient component of the military caste
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1672.pdf