Warfare in the History of the Marinid Military from the Chronicle of Al-Salawi
Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6(8): 65-73, 2012 ISSN 1991-8178 Warfare in the History of the Marinid Military from The Chronicle of al-Salawi 1,2Ezad Azraai Jamsari, 1,2Mohamad Zulfazdlee Abul Hassan Ashari, 1,2Azmul Fahimi Kamaruzaman and 3Adibah Sulaiman @ Mohamad 1Department of Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. 2Institute of West Asian Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. 3Centre of Core Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Bandar Baru Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Abstract: This article examines the series of wars that occurred in the military history during the reign of the Marinid Kingdom (1215-1465 A.D.). The writing is based on the work of Ahmad b. Khalid al-Nasiri al-Salawi (d.1315 H./1897 A.D.) entitled, al-Istiqsa li Akhbar Duwal al-Maghrib al- Aqsa. The main goal of this article is to study on the biography of al-Salawi and his capacity to become a great Muslim historian, especially on the history of al-Maghrib. In addition, it seeks to identify and highlight the series of wars that happened during the Marinid era. Overall, this article used a qualitative method which comprises library research, historical study and content analysis. These were done through reviewing and examining the data regarding the military history in al- Salawi’s work. The findings showed that al-Salawi is a prominent historian of al-Maghrib and his work, al-Istiqsa li Akhbar Duwal al-Maghrib al-Aqsa, is regarded as his greatest contribution to the discipline of Islamic history and civilization in al-Maghrib and al-Andalus, and the field of Islamic military history in particular.
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