Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes
WhatIsa MilitarySlave? 11 GovernmentSlaves Aruler mayusehishousehold slavesas politicalagents; they thensharethe high standing o ...
12 TheIslamicateContext Outside Europe, the earlyCh’ing useofservileadministratorsis perhaps thebest-known example; their presen ...
WhatIsa MilitarySlave? 13 atall.Canslaveswho enjoy such power, whoeven rule,remain slaves?Before attempting toanswerthis questio ...
14 TheIslamicateContext historians view military slaves as slaves, though with reser- vations, being discomfitedby the waythey s ...
What IsaMilitarySlave? 15 Unfortunately, his argument is basedon very freeuseof facts, so hisconclusionsmustbe treatedwith utmos ...
16 TheIslamicateContext poraries referred tohim simply asaslave, usually without ds- tinguishing betweenthe important difference ...
WhatIsa Military Slave? 17 chattel slavery inNorth America.Astheharshestslave system in history, a theAmerican experience provid ...
18 TheIslamicateContext mangrand vizierswereslaves,subject tothemerestwhimof theirmasters,the pdish{ths (sultans).When apdishh s ...
WhatIsa MilitarySlave? 19 Depending on their specific circumstances, then, military slaves may eitherbetrueslaves ornot.An analy ...
20 TheIslamicateContext us understand their position.Typically, a purely cash nexus connectsthe mercenary tohisemployer,not comp ...
WhatIsaMilitarySlave? 21 Muetaim butnothissonal-Wthiq;thefutureMamluksof Egypt obeyed a,ali.hAyyfib butnotTfir5nsh5h; andtheeAbi ...
22 The IslamicateContext itary slaveswhoare legally freefromthosewhoremain legally enslaved.Twocases illustratehowlittleattentio ...
WhatIsa MilitarySlave? 23 ment andaretoo deeplyinvolvedinits politics and society to rebel against itor to establish their own g ...
Chapter Two Slaves in War: The Historical Record Many differences between ordinary andmilitary slavesassured themdissimilarexper ...
SlavesinWar:The HistoricalRecord 25 justfromoutsideIslamdom butfromthefirsttwo centuriesof Muslim history. This chapteroutlinest ...
26 TheIslamicateContext tionofthemilitary abilitiesofslavesandtheirfearof mutiny. Indeed,ordinary slaves suddenly thrustintobatt ...
Slavesin War:TheHistoricalRecord 27 treated hisslavessowellthathecould expect their loyaltyin combat;he anticipatedhalfheartedef ...
28 TheIslamicateContext ciallyamong slaves withfamilies (on this theory, theRomanRe- public in 217 B.c. enrolledinthe armyonly f ...
SlavesinWar:TheHistorical Record 29 abling or inducing slavesto fight.Manysocieties specifically ex- cluded slaves from military ...
30 TheIslamicateContext Thereweretwo situationsinwhichamastercouldnotcount onhisslaves’ loyalty atall:incivildisturbancesandwhen ...
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