{"product_id":"the-breaking-of-a-thousand-matthew-s-gordon-9780791447963","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 0791447960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791447963\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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.92w x 0.69d","brand":"Matthew S. Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526207230207,"sku":"9780791447963","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_467c6307-1bb7-4627-9552-5cd0d217a51a.jpg?v=1737555501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-breaking-of-a-thousand-matthew-s-gordon-9780791447963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}