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" Mighty to the End: Utilizing Military Models to Study the Structure, Composition, and Effectiveness of the Mamlūk Army "
Adam Ali
Northrup, Linda S.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804837
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TL49673
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1983446240; 10636997
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Toliver, Brandon Lee
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Mighty to the End: Utilizing Military Models to Study the Structure, Composition, and Effectiveness of the Mamlūk Army\ Adam AliNorthrup, Linda S.
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University of Toronto (Canada)
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2017
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Ph.D.
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Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
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2017
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455
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Committee members: Aksan, Virginia H.; Ostapchuk, Victor; Saleh, Walid; Subtelny, Maria E.; Van Steenbergen, Jo
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-53639-3
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This dissertation investigates the structure, composition, and effectiveness of the Mamlūk army through the use of two military models, the Diversified Army Model and the Sālihi Mamlūk Model, that dominated its organization between 1250 CE and 1517 CE. The Diversified Army Model was the dominant form of military organization in the polities of the Muslim world prior to the rise of the Mamlūk sultanate. The Sālihi Mamlūk Model came into existence in the late Ayyūbid period during the reign of al-Sālih Ayyūb (r. 1240–1249 CE) and continued to dominate the military organization of the Mamlūk sultanate until the third reign of al-Nāsir Muhammad (r. 1310–1340 CE), when the Diversified army Model once again came to the fore. This period has often been viewed as one of major change or a turning point by several historians. However, there was a return to the Sālihi Mamlūk Model under several Circassian sultans and by the latter half of the sixteenth century, there was a merging of the two military models. The current study thus argues that the Mamlūk army was constantly in a state of change and that the reign of every sultan, not only that of al-Nāsir Muhammad, was a turning point for the military.
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Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies; Military history
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Social sciences;Army;Islamic;Mamluk;Military models;Slavery;War
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Northrup, Linda S.
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Near and Middle Eastern CivilizationsUniversity of Toronto (Canada)
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