{"product_id":"the-breaking-of-a-thousand-swords-a-history-of-the-turkish-military-of-samarra-a-h-200-275-815-889-c-e-9780791447963","title":"The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200-275\/815-889 C.E.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matthew S. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle East - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA portrait of the Samarran Turk community while in the employ of the 'Abbasid caliphate during the ninth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892341883031,"sku":"9780791447963","price":4088.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780791447963.webp?v=1781186555","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-breaking-of-a-thousand-swords-a-history-of-the-turkish-military-of-samarra-a-h-200-275-815-889-c-e-9780791447963","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}