Mamluk

Jumi’u't-Tawarikh, The Battle of ‘Ayn Jalut (September 8, 1260)

The Mongol armies were thought to be unstoppable after they were able to overcome the defences of both Baghdad and Damascus. In 1260 Hulagu sent envoys to Saif ad-Din Qutuz in Cairo demanding his surrender; Quduz responded by killing the envoys and displaying their heads on the gates of the …

Mamluk-Kipchak, The Skill of Archery

This text, known as the Munyatu’l-Guzat, or Wish of the Warriors of the Faith, is a fourteenth-century chivalric arts manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak. The work was originally in Arabic, but that version and the Mamluk-Kipchak have several differences. The use of several types of weapons are described here, including swords, …

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