| Title: | Slave soldiers and Islam: the genesis of a military system |
| Author: | Daniel Pipes |
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| Language: | English |
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| Place: | Charlestown, MA |
| Publisher: | Acme Bookbinding |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Pages: | XXX, 247 |
| ISBN: | 0300024479 |
| File: | PDF, 5/04 MB |
| Download: | Click here |
Daniel Pipes. Slave soldiers and Islam: the genesis of a military system. Charlestown, MA: Acme Bookbinding, 2003, XXX+247 p. ISBN 0300024479
Content
Acknowledgments … xi
Introduction … xiii
Abbreviations … xxix
PART I: THE ISLAMICATE CONTEXT .. 1
Chapter One
What Is a Military Slave? … 5
Differences from Other Slaves … 6
Is He a True Slave? … 12
Chapter Two
Slaves in War: The Historical Record … 24
Ordinary Slaves … 25
Military Slaves … 35
Chapter Three
An Explanation of Military Slavery … 54
A Connection to Islam? … 54
Why Muslim Subjects Relinquished Power … 62
Marginal Area Soldiers … 75
The Benefits of Military Slavery … 86
Nonmilitary Factors … 93
Conclusion … 99
PART II: ORIGINS … 103
Chapter Four
The Unfree in Muslim Warfare, 2-205/624-820 … 107
Before 64/684 … 109
The Marwanids, 64-132/684-750 … 117
The First Abbasids, 129-205/747-820 … 131
Chapter Five
The First Military Slave System … 140
Systematic Acquisition … 140
Organized Training … 148
Professional Employment … 149
Information on the First Military Slave System … 151
Chapter Six
How Military Slavery First Occurred … 159
Pre-Islamic Antecedents … 161
The Need for Marginal Area Soldiers … 166
How Fighting Mawlas Foreshadowed Military Slaves … 182
Conclusion … 193
Append ixes
1 Slave Terminology … 195
2 Military Slavery as Described in the Muslim Sources … 199
3 The Early Caliphs … 203
4 Major Military Dates … 204
5 Sources on the First Military Slave System … 205
Glossary … 215
Selected B ibl iography … 219
Index … 233