Chapter 127 The Caliph also wants me to protect (Chinese)

The ruling class of the Mamluk Dynasty was also very special.

It is no longer new to use military slaves to serve as the main force of the country's army. Around the 9th century, the Abbasid Dynasty, which was in decline, began to buy large-scale in order to fight against various Persian nobles in the territory and the foreign enemies who were eyeing them.

Turkic slaves, an attempt to form an army.

These Turkic slaves basically came from the Central Asian grasslands. They became slaves because of various factors such as defeat in clashes of clans, natural disasters, grassland bankruptcy and other factors. They had some basic military skills and were considered good sources of soldiers in the local area.

Moreover, both Mesopotamia and Central Asia are much richer than their hometowns. The identity of slaves makes them lack foundation in the local area and are theoretically not easy to rebel.

For the Caliph, it was a cheap and efficient armed force. At the most, more than 70,000 Turkic slave soldiers were serving the Baghdad court. They were called "Guram", meaning "trained slaves".

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Although they are called slaves, these people need to be trained and prepared for war all day long. They are actually professional soldiers. Gulam who has made a name for themselves can become an officer and receive various rewards. In previous wars, Gulam soldiers have been there.

The performance is also satisfactory and can be regarded as an elite force.

However, according to the understanding of the Purple Horde, to put it bluntly, isn’t it just barbarian mercenaries? It’s just that there are some local characteristics in the specific implementation details.

The Romans understood the consequences of the abuse of barbarian mercenaries...

The development of things is not much different from the experience of Rome. The slave soldiers quickly lost control and formed warlords who ruled one side. Together with the heads of the Turkic tribe who liked "Shang Luo", they were in the heart of the Tianfang Sect world.

Rampant.

The following Persian and Turkic dynasties were not spared. Slave soldiers' independence, rebellion, and even replacing the original regime were common, allowing the Persians to experience the feelings of the late Western Rome.

However, before Timur came, Balcuk suddenly died, leaving behind his 13-year-old son Faraji. His prestige and ability could not fight Timur. Mamluk was eventually forced to give up Syria.

Although nominally, they were slaves of nominal origin, the Mamluks have been competing with each other based on their origins. The source of slaves will affect the balance between various forces. And if all traditional sources are affected, the entire Mamluk will suffer

weaken.

The fresh blood of Mamluk is from other places. However, the expansion of the Purple Horde and the reform of the Northern Yamen affected the flow of slaves on the Qincha grassland; Queen Helena insisted on entering Moria and expelled local mercenaries and gangs of mercenaries and

Italian merchants led to the exhaustion of the Greek slaves; finally, Timur attacked the West Asia and the Caucasus, and the source of the most popular Cherks slaves was cut off.

At this time, the one who held the power of the Sultan was the Burgi Dynasty dominated by the Cherks slaves. They had just overthrew their former Sultan, but not long after, they were forced to face Timur's invasion.

After the old Sultan died or was overthrown, most of his trusted slaves would be deposed or even purged, and replaced by the slaves of the new Sultan. Therefore, the change of dynasties is often full of violence and chaos. The "old man" who is unwilling to lose his power and the "urgent" who is eager to take power.

Newcomers, often fighting.

What’s even more unfortunate is that Egypt encountered rare plagues and famines at this time, but the statistically significant population loss was two-thirds, leaving the dynasty in a storm.

And this regime is difficult to give him a precise definition.

Since Persia and Macedonia conquered Egypt one after another, all the regimes here have basically followed a policy, that is, they are not allowed to join the army. The armed forces and the upper levels of the government are almost all composed of outsiders.

During the Latin Empire and the Valleolic Dynasty, Mamluk merchants had the privilege of free passage in the Black Sea and could use the Genoese ports to purchase and supply; the Mongolians were allowed to book a piece of land in Alexandria and set up a special one.

Slave warehouse; when Mamluk attacked Aka and was preparing to completely end the crusades, the Genoese also promised to provide them with naval support. The cooperation between all parties was once very close.

All aspects of the trade route are therefore very perfect, and even after-sales service can be provided. When Sultan Baibar was sold to Syria, the buyer found that he had bad eyes and found a slave merchant to return the goods. Afterwards, Baibar

He was attracted by Sultan Ayyub again and then went to Egypt.

The rise of Timur and the Purple Horde further deteriorated the internal forms of the Mamluk regime.

However, it cannot be said that he is a colonial regime, because the Mamluks who manage the country come from all directions, including the Chins, Cherks, Mongolians, and even Greeks. They were basically slaves when they were young.

, the entire regime did not have a single mother country.

Later, Saladin reformed the increasingly chaotic Gulam military system and established a more stringent, relatively scientific and systematic training plan. These improved slave soldiers were called "Mamluk".

The first stable Mamluk sultan Baibar was a chinja; after his death, his son was quickly overthrown by another emir, who was passed down for two generations and then overthrown by a Mongolian Mamluk; the latter was later.

, it was a Greek Mamluk; afterwards, it was a Cherks... In short, let alone the transmission of power among families, even the ethnic groups of their origins are likely to be different.

At the critical moment, Faragi tried to maintain authority through military victory. But he did not have very outstanding military talents, but was annoyed by everyone because of his violent personality.

The local emirs kept rebelling; the Mamluk veterans under his father rejected him; and in the end, even his own Mamluk abandoned him.

However, Mamluk gradually broke away from the control of the Ayub dynasty and finally replaced it and established its own regime.

As the core of the dynasty army, Mamluks are loyal to their masters. For this reason, Mamluks are basically "one emperor and another minister."

Sultan Barkuk was unsure. He heard that the Purple Horde and Timur had a close relationship, so he had to pull Xiaoya's Ottoman Sultan Bayezid to form an alliance. In this way, the Golden Chant, Ottoman, and Mamluk's "

One vertical, with Ziguan, Timur, and later France's "one horizontal", formed a direct confrontation.

However, during the sudden rise of Timur and the Purple Horde, the Mamluks stood in the wrong team. They habitually united their old allies, the Golden Horde and Genoa, to fight Timur, who covet Syria.

This led to the unexpected opposition between Mamluk and the Purple Venetian Alliance, which had just formed at the time.

They are even different from the Turkic dynasty that entered Persia. Because these people are not even stable in the hereditary dynasty, they do not have a ruling family as the core. The "Mamluk Dynasty" is just a general term. Every time the Sultan changes, the Mamluks will pursue "

The principle of "strong soldiers and strong horses" is to carry out cruel internal struggles. It is a very small probability that the descendants can succeed to the Sultan.

Therefore, for most of the time before, Mamluk had a good relationship with the Khan of Italy, Eastern Rome, and the Golden Treasures, and the Mamluks had been actively maintaining this diplomatic relationship.

Faraghi was finally killed in a failed expedition to regain Syria, and the dynasty fell into a situation without a monarch. The emirs were even unwilling to compete for the position of Sultan because at this time the risks and responsibilities were too great.

Finally, everyone thought of a solution: Don’t we have a caliph, just let him go.

Therefore, the Caliph Mustain, who has always been responsible for issuing certificates of inauguration to Sudan, was appointed as the new Sudan by the Emirs.

Although I don’t know if Emil’s appointment of the Caliph as a sultan was in accordance with the etiquette of the Tianfang Cult, they really did so.

At the same time, the Emirs also contacted the Purple Horde and said that the fight was unexpected: the Emir and Mamluk below were both good-minded, and they all blamed the Sultan above for making random decisions. But this guy

We have already cut it off. Can we resume trade now?
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