The Mameluke; Or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D.Smith, Elder, 1896 - 245 pages |
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The Mameluke; Or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Sir William Muir Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
The Mameluke; Or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Sir William Muir Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
The Mameluke; Or, Slave Dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Sir William Muir Affichage du livre entier - 1896 |
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Page xxiii - By the command of the sultan the churches and fortifications of the Latin cities were demolished : a motive of avarice or fear still opened the holy sepulchre to some devout and defenceless pilgrims : and a mournful and solitary silence prevailed along the coast which had so long resounded with the WORLD'S DEBATE.
Page xxx - The same habit, with the same eventual result, was followed by the Fatimide Caliphs ; and after them likewise by the Eyyubite dynasty who, being strangers in the land, were glad of the support of foreign myrmidons. Conquered tribes in Central Asia were nothing loth to sell their children to the Slave-dealer, who promised them prosperity in the West ; and the tidings which spread from time to time of fortune to be gained in Egypt, made his task an easy one. It was thus that not only prisoners of war,...
Page xxxi - The Sultans were naturally the largest purchasers, as they employed the revenues of the State in surrounding themselves with a host of slaves ; we read, for example, of one who bought some six thousand. While the great mass pursued a low and servile life, the...
Page xxxi - While the great mass pursued a low and servile life, the favourites of the Emirs, and specially of the Crown, were educated in the arts of peace and war, and, as pages and attendants, gradually rose to the position of their masters — the slave of to-day, the Commander, and not infrequently the Sultan of to-morrow. From the first, insolent and overbearing, the...
Page 221 - Any questions you have, I will try to answer them to the best of my ability. The CHAIRMAN.
Page 3 - Abbasides, launched his savage troops on the West. He fulminated a despatch to Nasir the Eyyubite head of Syria, in which he claimed to be " the scourge of the Almighty sent to execute judgment on the ungodly nations of the earth.
Page xxxii - A title of command. leader, their normal state was one of internal combat and antagonism ; while, pampered and indulged, they often turned upon their masters. Some of the more powerful Sultans were able to hold them in order, and there were not wanting occasional intervals of quiet ; but trouble and uproar were ever liable to recur. The Eyyubite princes settled their...
Page xxxi - Cairo, occupied a position to which we have no parallel elsewhere. Finding a weak and subservient population, they lorded it over them. Like the Children of Israel, they ever kept themselves distinct from the people of the land ; but the oppressors, not, like them, the oppressed. Brought up to arms, the best...