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

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

PARTI:THEISLAMICATE

CONTEXT

ChapterOne

WhatIsaMilitarySlave?

DifferencesfromOtherSlaves

IsHeaTrueSlave?

ChapterTwo

SlavesinWar:The

Historica]

Record

Ordinary

Slaves

Military

Slaves

Chapter

Three

An

Explanation

ofMilitarySlavery

AConnectiontoIslam?

Why

Muslim

SubjectsRelinquished

Power

Marginal

AreaSoldiers

TheBenefitsof

MilitarySlavery

Nonmilitary

Factors

Conclusion

PARTI1:ORIGINS

ChapterFour

The

UnfreeinMuslimWarfare,

2-205/624-

Before64/

TheMarwanids,

64-132/684-

TheFirstAbbasids,

129-205/747-

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