THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson
Published by Greenhill Books
in 2007
ISBN: 9781853677342
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MILITARY
- ISLAM
- CRUSADES
- CHRISTIANITY
- MONGOLS
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Front cover
Contents
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by John Man
- Key Events Timeline
- The Sultans and Khans
- A Note on Transliteration, Titles and Dates
- Maps
- 1 Strangers from a Strange Land: The Mamluk Enigma
- 2 Under Siege: Steppe People and Crusaders
- 3 To Power: The Birth of the Mamluk Sultanas
- 4 Prester John Cometh: The Mongol War Begins
- 5 Bloodless Battles and Bloody Drills: Building the War Machine
- 6 Dubious Allies and Untrustworthy Friends: Baybar's Last Campaigns
- 7 The Pattern of Power: The Kalavunids
- 8 Triumph and Discord: The End of Outremer
- 9 Victory and New Enemies: The End of the Ilkhanate
- 10 Enemies Without and Within: The Rise of the Ottomans and Tamerlane
- 11 Riding with the Ghosts of the Past: The Dynasty Falls
- Epilogue: The Devil's Tricks: The Fate of the Mamluks
- Bibliography
- Index