{"product_id":"9780791447963","title":"The Breaking of a Thousand Swords : A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200-275\/815-889 C.E.) (Suny series in Medieval Middle East History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portrait of the Samarran Turk community while in the employ of the 'Abbasid caliphate during the ninth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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":"Default Title","offer_id":48677162123499,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":71.32,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780791447963-1.jpg?v=1785760946","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780791447963","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}