History of The Army in The Abbasid Period (132 AH-656 AH / 750-1258 AD)

Abstract

      What was taken on the later Abbasid Caliphs depended on the old policy in the composition of their new army, relying on the foreign elements who had been fighting as a trade, neglecting the public forces that supported them in achieving their objectives. These elements returned to intervene in the policy of succession and divided themselves up, And the turmoil and strife, at a time when the dangers were on each side and a number of political, economic and social factors were deeply involved in the body of this caliphate, which led to the weakness and disintegration, was not able to face the danger coming from the East, the Caliphate fell and brought him Without serious resistance to the brutal Mongol invasion.
     In order to reach the reality of these reasons, which have accumulated in the weakness and collapse of the Abbasid caliphate army, we have to examine this issue in the composition of the army, the army's organization and types of service, and the system of service.