{"product_id":"the-breaking-of-a-thousand-matthew-s-gordon-9780791447956","title":"The Breaking of a Thousand Swords: A History of the Turkish Military of Samarra (A.H. 200-275\/815-889 C.E.)","description":"The 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew S. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791447952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791447956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Matthew S. Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988253671679,"sku":"9780791447956","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5c656b4-aa1c-4305-8eab-0a95303ce350.jpg?v=1683293488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-breaking-of-a-thousand-matthew-s-gordon-9780791447956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}