In time, though, soldiers of Turkic ethnicity predominated, mirroring the acquisition of Mamluks, Turkic slaves in the Mamluk retinues and guard corps of the caliphs and emirs and in the ranks of the ghazi corporation, some of whom would ultimately rise to military and later political dominance in various Muslim states. The corporations into which they organized themselves attracted adventurers, zealots and religious and political dissidents of all ethnicities. The Umayyad- period Bedouin poet al- Kutami wrote the oft- quoted verses.
For the city in the Gaza Strip, see Gaza City. For other terms derived from this one, see Razzia. What’s Bad: Kay Kay Menon’s slightly over the top act, a few.
What’s Good: As a war film, The Ghazi Attack has enough fodder to make up for a riveting watch.
