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Munyatu’l-Ghuzat,
A 14th-Century Mamluk-Kipchak Military Treatise
Published
1989
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
The first or the only language of most Mamluks was a middle Turkic
dialect commonly referred to as Mamluk-Kipchak. Because of the
many Turkic-speaking Mamluks in the ruling military elite, the
Mamluk-Kipchak Turkic language had an important role as a medium
of communication among them.
Military
exercises, systematic drills, and intensive training in the arts
of war were given a paramount importance during the Mamluk period,
which is reflected in their military prowess on the battlefield.
The reign of the Mamluks saw a revival of military literature
that was written in both Arabic and also in Mamluk-Kipchak Turkic.
This military treatise is one of such military works written in
Turkish.
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