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Ayyubid Heavy Cavalry

Type Object Region Levant Time 1169–1250

Ayyubid heavy cavalry, built around armored warhorses, lances and curved swords, combined Turkic-Kurdish mounted archery with Syrian infantry to form…

Timeline

  1. 1169–1170Cairo · EgyptAfter entering the city, Saladin reorganized the old Fatimid guard, absorbing Kurdish and Turkish cavalry, equipping them with chain mail and horse armor, forming a heavy assault force capable of rapid maneuver.
  2. 1170Levant · LevantAround 1170, Ayyubid cavalry made contact with Frankish forces at Bilbeis and elsewhere, probing the Crusader lines with tactics combining mounted archery harassment and heavy cavalry charges.

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