Slaves on Horses
Subtitle: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521529402
Subjects: Human rights; Slavery & emancipation; World history; Middle East - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Islamic countries; History / Middle East
First sentence: This work presents an explanation of how and why slave soldiers came to be a central feature of the Muslim polity.