M. Amin

Foundations of an Islamic Art of Warfare: Mukhtaṣar fī Siyāsat al-Ḥurūb and the Making of the Abbāsid Military Doctrine

Objectives: This article examines the ninth-century treatise Mukhtaṣar fī Siyāsat al-Ḥurūb (A Compendium on the Management of Warfare), attributed to Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥarthamī al-Shaʿrānī (3rd century AH/9th century CE), as one of the earliest Muslim manuals of governance and warfare. It situates the text within the vibran...