Mighty to the End: Utilizing Military Models to Study the Structure, Composition, and Effectiveness of the Mamlūk Army
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Adam Ali
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Northrup, Linda S.
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University of Toronto (Canada)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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455
GENERAL NOTES
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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
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Body granting the degree
University of Toronto (Canada)
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies; Military history
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Subject Term
Social sciences;Army;Islamic;Mamluk;Military models;Slavery;War