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Slave Soldiers
The Hafsid sultans of Tunis or the Zayyanid emirs of Tlemcen have built up corps of ghulām and mamlūk-style retainers since the fourteenth century, purchased from Black African markets, taken in raids on Christian Iberia, or born into the institution as the children of earlier slave soldiers. These troops swear personal loyalty to the ruler rather than to tribe or region, making them the reliable counterweight to the unstable Banū Hilāl levies that no Maghrebi sultan can fully trust in succession disputes. A system of military slavery gives our state infantry and cavalry that are politically reliable, as no purely tribal army can be.
ArmoryAdvancerequiresPotential
At least one of
- CultureBelongs to the Amazigh Culture Group
- CultureBelongs to the Maghrebi Culture Group
Exact conditions
Advance tree
Heavy Infantry Power+5%
Manpower+10%
Requires 3
Advances
- ArmoryRenaissanceRequires
Belongs to 1
RenaissanceAge
Required by 1
'Abīd al-BuḵārīAllow
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