The Knights of Islam: The Wars of the Mamluks, 1250 - 1517

Cover
Book Title
Dedication and Copyright
Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Foreword by John Man
Key Events Timeline
The Sultans and Khans
A Note on Transliteration, Titles and Dates
Maps
1 Strangers from a Strange Land: The Mamluk Enigma
2 Under Siege: Steppe People and Crusaders
3 To Power: The Birth of the Mamluk Sultanate
4 Prester John Cometh: The Mongol War Begins
5 Bloodless Battles and Bloody Drills: Building the War Machine
Plates
6 Dubious Allies and Untrustworthy Friends: Baybars’s Last Campaigns
7 The Pattern of Power: The Qalawunids
8 Triumph and Discord: The End of Outremer
9 Victory and New Enemies: The End of the Ilkhanate
10 Enemies Without and Within: The Rise of the Ottomans and Tamerlane
11 Riding with the Ghosts of the Past: The Dynasty Falls
Epilogue: The Devil’s Tricks: The Fate of the Mamluks
Bibliography
Index
Back Cover