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Anyone have more info on Black African troops under the Fatimids in Egypt? Ran across this blurb:
"Under the Fatimids the black guards of the caliph played a significant though diminishing role in the political and military life of the country, and for shorter spans of time gained, thanks to their numerical strength, a decisive influence. In no other medieval Muslim state did the black troops reach a comparable status; only the subsequent changes in warfare and tactics under the late Fatimids, and especially under Salah al-Din, brought about the downfall of the African infantry." --Cambridge History of Africa, vol 3.
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Those "black African" troops under tha Fatimids would have been what we call the "Moors", especially the Masmuda Berbers. They played a very significant role too.
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quote:Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: Anyone have more info on Black African troops under the Fatimids in Egypt? Ran across this blurb:
"Under the Fatimids the black guards of the caliph played a significant though diminishing role in the political and military life of the country, and for shorter spans of time gained, thanks to their numerical strength, a decisive influence. In no other medieval Muslim state did the black troops reach a comparable status; only the subsequent changes in warfare and tactics under the late Fatimids, and especially under Salah al-Din, brought about the downfall of the African infantry." --Cambridge History of Africa, vol 3.
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