Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes
AnExplanationof MilitarySlavery 71 ethicaland religiouswriters,suchas Abfi’l-Laythas-Samarqandi (d. 373/983) and Abfi’l-H. amid ...
72 TheIslamlcateContext most everywhere in Islamdom and throughout premodern times, Muslim subjects rarelyfought forthearmiestha ...
AnExplanationofMilitarySlavery 73 mobilizedtheminmoderntimes;andmost recentlY, theU.S. presence inIranarousedan atavisticMuslim ...
74 TheIslamicateContext 950),largelyas a result ofthe practice ofonemadhhab,the H. an- bali,of organizing common people "intocad ...
AnExplanationofMilitary Slavery 75 The commonplace assertionthatIslam doesnot distinguish between religion and politics istrue;b ...
76 TheIslamicateContext Throughout premodern times, these hinterlands supported only simple formsofsocialandculturallife,forthey ...
An Explanation ofMilitarySlavery 77 lished orderbecause theyprosper init."Outsiders, ’’5 by con- trast, areadiverselot,either fo ...
78 TheIslamicateContext person hadtomaintainexcellentphysicalstrength inorderto carry outhisdaily functionsof farming,herding, o ...
AnExplanationofMilitarySlavery 79 They watchcarefullyallsidesof theroad. They takehurriednaps onlywhenthey are together in compa ...
8O TheIslamicateContext steppes,deserts,andmountainshadanalmosttotalholdoverIslamicate armies. 5 Toa degreeunmatchedin any other ...
AnExplanationofMilitarySlavery 81 largelydisappeared fromthearmiesofthe government. It was notuntilmoderntimes,1238/1823, when M ...
82 TheIslamicateContext up, marginal areasoldiersoftenwillingly and joyfully reveledin it.This easy lifeso badly underminedtheir ...
An Explanation of MilitarySlavery 83 old lifestyle. Cattlenomadswhocontinued herding mostoften retainedtheiroldabilities;althoug ...
84 TheIslamicateContext Whowerethesenewfriends,andwhere did they comefrom? Overwhelmingly,they wereoutsiders, fresh marginal are ...
AnExplanationof MilitarySlavery 85 small role. All rulers,eventhosewholacked easy access,hadto acquiremarginal area soldiers,som ...
86 TheIslamicateContext ning thecycleoveragain. Thefirstforcedits way in, violently imposing itswill fromtheoutside,whiletheseco ...
AnExplanation ofMilitary Slavery 87 the filthoflustful pleasures,unmarred by the habitsof civilisation, withtheir youthful stren ...
88 TheIslamicateContext varied origins, therulerhadmuch lesscontroloverwherethey camefrom. Further, byenslaving his recruits, th ...
AnExplanation ofMilitarySlavery 89 when a ruler founded a military slave corps in the second generation orsoof thedynasty. Contr ...
90 TheIslamicateContext instances. The adoption of a master’s nisba (kinship name) reflectedtheneedforanew, albeit spurious fili ...
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