Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom: A Challenge to Medieval Society (1956) / Edition 1

by David Ayalon

Overview

This study of firearms analyzes the employment of such weaponry, dated more than 40 years after use in Europe, towards the close of the 1360s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714630908
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/1979
Edition description:	2d ed
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Ayalon Professor of the History of the Islamic Peoples at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Early Use of Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom; Chapter 2 Terms Used for Firearms and Gunpowder in Contemporary Sources; Chapter 3 The Attitude of Mamluk Military Society Towards the Use of Firearms;