The rise and fall of a Muslim regiment

This book focuses on the Man?? riyya regiment, the mamluks of sultan al-Man?? r Qal? w? n. It traces the lives of these mamluks during the career of their master Qal? w? n (ca. 1260–1290), the period they ruled the Sultanate of Egypt and Syria de jure or de facto (1290–1310), and their aftermath, during the third reign of sultan al-N?? ir Mu? ammad b. Qal? w? n (1310–1341). Based on dozens of contemporary Arabic sources, the book traces the political and military events of the turbulent Man?? riyya period, as well as the basic military-political principles and socio-political practices that evolved during this period. It suggests that the Man?? riyya period marks the beginning of the demilitarization, or politicization, of the Mamluk sultanate.