Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity by Patricia Crone

Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity

Patricia Crone

316 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Slave soldiers are a distinctively Muslim phenomenon. Though virtually unknown in the non-Muslim world, they have been a constant and pervasive feature of the Muslim Middle East from the ninth century AD into modern times. Why did Muslim rulers ch...

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