Series of articles on Middle Eastern cavalry in the Middle Ages by Eduard Alofs, emphasizing continuity, which I found via Sean Manning's blog, and might interest people who don't habitually read that:
Continuity and Change in Middle Eastern Warfare, c. CE 550-1350 — What Happened to the Horse Archer? (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098617?seq=1)
The Iranian Tradition — The Armoured Horse Archer in the Middle East, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098221?seq=1)
The Iranian Tradition — Cavalry Equipment, Infantry, and Servants, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098527?seq=1)
The Turanian Tradition — The Horse Archers of Inner Asia, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098394?seq=1)
I've only read the first one yet; it argues that early Muslim cavalry - at least up to the early Abbasid period - were armoured horse archers much like their Sassanid and Roman/Byzantine predecessors. Would do a number on various army lists if accepted.
Quote from: Andreas Johansson on September 26, 2020, 07:36:22 AM
Series of articles on Middle Eastern cavalry in the Middle Ages by Eduard Alofs, emphasizing continuity, which I found via Sean Manning's blog, and might interest people who don't habitually read that:
Continuity and Change in Middle Eastern Warfare, c. CE 550-1350 — What Happened to the Horse Archer? (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098617?seq=1)
The Iranian Tradition — The Armoured Horse Archer in the Middle East, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098221?seq=1)
The Iranian Tradition — Cavalry Equipment, Infantry, and Servants, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098527?seq=1)
The Turanian Tradition — The Horse Archers of Inner Asia, c. CE 550–1350 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/26098394?seq=1)
I've only read the first one yet; it argues that early Muslim cavalry - at least up to the early Abbasid period - were armoured horse archers much like their Sassanid and Roman/Byzantine predecessors. Would do a number on various army lists if accepted.
alas I don't have a jstor account :-(
Quotealas I don't have a jstor account :-(
AFAIK, Jstor is still operating its 100 free titles a month to read online. No downloading though.
Quote from: Erpingham on September 26, 2020, 09:56:16 AM
Quotealas I don't have a jstor account :-(
AFAIK, Jstor is still operating its 100 free titles a month to read online. No downloading though.
It is.