Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes

Contents

X

ChapterFive

TheFirst

MilitarySlaveSystem

140

Systematic

Acquisition 140

Organized

Training 148

Professional

Employment

149

Information

ontheFirst

MilitarySlave

System

151

ChapterSix

HowMilitary

Slavery

First

Occurred

159

Pre-IslamicAntecedents

161

TheNeed

for

Marginal

Area

Soldiers 166

How

Fighting

Mawlas

Foreshadowed

MilitarySlaves 182

Conclusion

193

Appendixes

1 Slave

Terminology 195

2

MilitarySlavery

asDescribedinthe

MuslimSources 199

3 The

EarlyCaliphs 203

4

Major

Military

Dates

204

5 SourcesontheFirst

MilitarySlaveSystem 205

Glossary
215

Selected
Bibliography

219

Index
233