book for sale -- Islamic military
 

Bernard Lewis (ed.) , THE WORLD OF ISLAM, NY/London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. Ppbd, large format, 360 pp, 490 illus (160 color), scholarly but readable anthology by noted contributors, like new cond.


Notable for: Ch. 8, "Armies of the Prophet" by Edmund Bosworth discussing: medieval Arab and Mamluk mil. org. and tactics, siege operations, armaments, naval developments. Many photoplates of arms incl. a magnificent early Ottoman kilij and a complete Mamluk mail armor with turban helm. Color and BW facsimiles from Arab and Mamluk military manuals showing siege engines and combo weapons AND A RARE DEPICTION OF MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE (Mamluks doing cutting exercises with long sabers). Many photos of fortifications.

Other chapters also contain plates of battle scenes and men-at-arms

$37 including shipping in the US
add $26 shipping to Canada $37 to the EU via priority (air) : sorry guys this book is heavy

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Philip

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