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Title: Tactics and Weapons of Islamic Warfare during the Middle Ages (AD 600-750)


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Tactics and Weapons of Islamic Warfare during the
Middle Ages (AD 600-750)
  • M. Michael Morita
  • Period 5
  • 1/10/08

2
Introduction
  • Islamic rules of war
  • Islamic tactics
  • Islamic weaponry
  • Islamic armor
  • How Islamic warfare tied into government

3
Rules of war
  • War can only be declared if general call to
    Islam was issued and ignored
  • Muslim troops forbidden to kill women, children,
    and old men
  • And trees, crops, and farm animals cannot be
    destroyed, but could be used for food

4
Weapons
  • Muslims used swords, single edged and double
    edged axes, maces, balls and chains, and bows and
    arrows
  • Archers considered light Calvary armed with bows
    and arrows held in a quiver, a shield, and rode
    on horses

5
Tactics
  • Surprise and outmaneuver enemy
  • Avoid charging knights armed with Lances
  • Lead enemies into ambushes with false retreats
  • During open battles infantry be placed behind
    soft sand and rocky ground to slowdown the
    knights horses in hope that enemy charge into
    headwind and get sand into eyes

6
Armor
  • Muslim troops wore light weight armor that
    allowed them to move freely
  • One type armor is leather boiled in paraffin and
    wax and then covered in rectangular metal plates
  • Another type of armor is a short chain-mail coat,
    sometimes horses would wear this type of armor

7
Warfare tied into government
  • Warfare tied into gov. because government run by
    Islam religion
  • Gov. created peaceful and prosperous environment
    for own people by conquering many lands and
    peoples.
  • Allowed non-Muslims to live in community but had
    to pay special taxes

8
Summary
  • Muslim warfare tactics and weapons during
    middle ages more advanced than others at the
    time. This allowed Muslim empire to conquer many
    lands. The Muslim people lived in prosperity
    during middle ages

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  • Islamic Warfare. Umich.12/10/07.
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