Military life in Islamic Egypt

With the Arab conquest of Egypt was the Egyptian army Arabic stalls between Muslims and in the Abbasid era appeared element Persian and Turkish in the army of Egypt and the Arab army there was a range adapted from the Egyptians themselves (the Copts) and their voluntary and that was in the Umayyad period began the introduction of the Egyptians in the Egyptian army and was was not the case for freedom as the Egyptians have had a primary role in the freedom of Egypt and the establishment of fleets and naval vessels and the defense of coastal cities, especially Alexandria and Damietta, and other industry as well as ships and boats

In Tulunid, we find that Ahmad Ibn Tulun has created a strong army composed of Turks, Sudanese and turkey and the Mediterranean islands to the Egyptians, whose numbers swelled to about 7000 troops to the Egyptian fleet by the attention.

In the Fatimid period was the Egyptian army mostly of Moroccans who came with the essence of Sicilian and then saw the Fatimids increase the army to protect their country and they add other elements of the Turks, Sudanese, whose numbers swelled to 50 fifty thousand troops to the foreign elements, the other did not seek the help of the Egyptians in the army only in the late Fatimid rule has the processing of Fatimid Egyptian army in the tradition of all types of weapons and the establishment of centers and the establishment of ships and the back of the post of Amir Fleet

This situation continued also in the Ayyubid Besides the Egyptian army used Saladin teams help of Kurds, Arabs and Turks, who were recruited but two systems and to counter attacks and wars Asalbeyen also interested in Salah al-Din the Egyptian fleet to become a power strike that was neglected by some rule of the Ayyubid In Mamluk period Egypt was subject to rule by the Mamelukes, a military class distinct digit denominations multiple soldiers Alcilobin from outside Egypt, from Asia, Europe and Africa, and merged in the crucible of Egypt and became part of them and link them to special links, and helped them to cope with the many military campaigns of State defended Egypt and the Levant Kpladhm because they grew up in Egypt did not know them only homeland Egypt and loyalty to Egypt. It was the same composition as the Egyptian army of infantry soldiers of the infantry forces and both passenger vehicles or horses or the Egyptian Maritime Fleet.