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The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200-275/815-889 C.E.)
Contributor(s): Gordon, Matthew S. (Author)
ISBN: 0791447952     ISBN-13: 9780791447956
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE:   $90.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2000
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - General
- History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other)
- History | Europe - Medieval
Dewey: 956.74
LCCN: 00026530
Series: Suny Medieval Middle East History
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.21 lbs) 324 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:
The Breaking of a Thousand Swords provides a portrait of the Samarran Turks as members of a community with a specific and complex history in the early medieval Islamic world. It considers: the encounter of the Turks as rough, non-Muslim outsiders, with the sedentary, urbane world of Baghdad; the closely related encounter of the Turks with the Islamic tradition in its urban, scholarly guise; the settlement of the Turks, in Baghdad then in Samarra, through the use of land grants and appointments to office; the impact upon the affairs of the Turkish community of not only a military ranking but of a socio-political hierarchy as well; the construction by the Turkish elite of an elaborate network of patronage and support, both within urban Iraq and throughout the provinces (Egypt in particular); and the emergence, and impact, of factionalism within the community.