Well, I'm not sure of the Fatimids position on Ghulam soldiers, but the Mameluke dynasty derives itself from the Ayyubid dynasty founded by Saladin, which overthrew the Fatimids.
Well, I'm not sure of the Fatimids position on Ghulam soldiers, but the Mameluke dynasty derives itself from the Ayyubid dynasty founded by Saladin, which overthrew the Fatimids.
Yes. The crusades were a blow that the Fatimids didn't really recover from. Of course, this begs the question what could we do to improve their handling of the Crusaders.