Egypt/Syria: Mamluk cavalry. An illustration from the 'Complete Instructions in the Practices of Military Art' attributed to Muhammad Ibn Isa Aqsarai, c. 1375-1400. The Nihāyat al-su’l wa-al-umniyah fī ta‘allum a‘māl al-furūsīyah by Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá Aqsarā’ī is one of the best known works of cavalry training from the Islamic Middle East. It was compiled during the time of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517), however, most of the book consists of material from earlier works. Some date back to the time of the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad in the 9th or even late 8th century.

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