History for All Islamic Military Leadership and the Making of Empires, (Paperback)

<p>Islamic Military Leadership and the Making of Empires maps thirteen centuries of strategy, statecraft, and society-from the first expansions to the Ottoman high tide. Edited by Hichem Karoui, the volume moves past hero-worship to ask a harder question: which leaders built orders that lasted-and why?</p><p>Each part pairs vivid narrative with analytical takeaways. You'll follow Kh&amp;#257;lid ibn al-Wal&amp;#299;d's tempo and deception; Sa&amp;#703;d ibn Ab&amp;#299; Waqq&amp;#257;&amp;#7779;'s innovations on the Iraq-Iran frontier; &amp;#703;Amr ibn al-&amp;#703;&amp;#256;&amp;#7779;'s administrative design in Egypt; Umayyad coalition warfare from North Africa to Iberia; Qutaybah ibn Muslim's logistics and diplomacy in Transoxiana; the Seljuk steppe-to-state model; Almoravid/Almohad reform across the western Mediterranean; Ghaznavid and Ghurid thrusts into the Indo-Iranian corridor; Zangid unification; &amp;#7778;al&amp;#257;&amp;#7717; al-D&amp;#299;n's coalition-building and decisive campaigning; Baybars' fortress system, raids, and reconnaissance; and the Ottoman war-state-Janissaries, supply depots, siegecraft-culminating in Mehmed II and Suleiman.</p><p>Readers will find: </p><ul><li>A portable framework-victory, consolidation, institutions, legitimacy, adaptability-to evaluate commanders across eras.</li><li>Frontier systems explained (garrisons, alliances, buffer zones) alongside the "soft" power of law, language, and ritual.</li><li>A concluding synthesis that separates myth from memory and weighs the human, cultural, and economic costs of empire.</li></ul><p>Balanced, tightly written, and rich with primary-source perspectives and modern historiography, this is an essential companion for students, general readers, and anyone curious about how leadership choices echo far beyond the battlefield.</p>

• History for All Islamic Military Leadership and the Making of Empires, (Paperback)
• Author: Global East-West Ltd
• ISBN: 9798233580963
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-21
• Page Count: 170