Mamluk Art of Warfare (1250-1375) : Strategies and Tactics (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East)

Berriah, Mehdi/ Galietti, Anna (TRN)

Brill（2026/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 700 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004733855

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Winner of the J. F. Verbruggen Prize 2025 for Best Book in Medieval Military History

In Mamluks Art of Warfare, Mehdi Berriah sheds light on the mechanisms around which the conduct and practice of warfare of the Mamluk army were articulated. The Mamluks made it one of the most efficient in the medieval Near East in the 13th-14th centuries, which allowed them to repel the triple danger (Mongols, Franks and Armenians) that threatened the territories of dār al-Islām in the Near East. Of servile origin, coming mainly from the Eurasian steppes and the Caucasus, the Mamluks were recruited above all for war. This was their reason for being, their politico-religious legitimacy coming exclusively from their military exploits. From a large corpus combining chronicles (Arabic, Latin, Armenian and Persian), didactic sources and archaeological works, Mehdi Berriah offers the first book explaining, in detail, the military successes of the Bahri Mamluks on different fronts against their three main enemies, and their quasi-invincibility on land, which ultimately allowed the sultanate to establish itself as the leading power in the region at the end of the 8th/14th century.