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2983:. Note that Armenia, Egypt, Palestine and parts of Anatolia (Turkey) remained in Persian hands even whilst Byzantine armies were at the Capital of Ctesiphon. The Persians were forced to accept treaties to surrender these lands. The war had cost Byzantium alot of money, had destroyed her infrastructure (roads, weapons factories, governmental offices) and many of the provinces such as Egypt were poorly controlled, as they had only recently been taken back. Even so, Byzantium had the ability to raise 300 - 100,000 men, but the government was too inefficient and probably raised half as much, more like 150,000 men. Of those, around 50,000 survived to fight again. 3322:

each of these Byzantine field armies had usually about 20,000 men, adding together to 40,000 well-equipped troops, absolutely sufficient to battle the Muslim forces on their own. Why they were possibly undermanned must certainly have been researched or was there really the unusual configuration that a field army was split? In this case it can absolutely not be an army of Europeans but one of Greeks from Asia Minor. What is really unclear from this article is who was the supreme commander of the Byzantine army in the field and how did the command structure of the Muslim forces work.

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field armies was employed, the Asian army or the Asian and the European army. That would greatly help to assess the gravity of the defeat. What still makes me wonder is the low casualty rate for so many battles on the Muslim side, it would seem less superhuman if you could add the number of wounded soldiers for both sides. A question that came to my mind is whether this massive Byzantine buildup was necessary to compensate for less experienced troops and a lack of cavalry?

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count as soldiers ;). What should absolutely be stressed is that the total military manpower of the Byzantine army is estimated at 50,000 and the same number for the Muslim army, although the former was a professional force. This implies that most of the Byzatine troops at Yarmouk were raw levies or mercenaries fighting a force that had seen years of warfare. I will check on sources, but still the citations are not up to academic standard.

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It says 15,000 to 20,000 for the Muslims on page 65 and that the Byzantine troops outnumbered them 4 to 1 at page 66. That makes 60,000 to 80,000 Byzantine troops. That contradicts the earlier statement on page 43 that there were 25,000 to 40,000 Muslims at Yarmouk. It can only be solved if the women

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I am in the process of making a 3D map for the battle. But in the meantime please do not revert my edits. The relationship between Umar and Khalid becomes a key point at the end of the battle. I am adding these details because I want the article to reach a Good Article status myself and, inshallah, a

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Western sources (they are all I have access to I am afraid) are quiet about any battles other than the Battle of Yarmouk generally speaking. Therefore, I am afraid that I can't be of much help there with that battle you are talking about. According to most sources I know of, at the Battle of Yarmouk,

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2-) beside, franks, salvs, armenians, christian arabs people of which which ethnicity were there in byzantine army in 7th century A.D ? where there any copts ( as there was a dispute on a fundamentalist christian belive between cpots and regim of heracular) and who formed the bulk of byzantine army ?

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What they need know is for some spelling and grammar to be improved. Then after that we an maintain the neutrality. Also, we should get some references for the number of troops provided. Remember that casualties on both sides were low; it is true that at Yarmuk, a crushing defeat was inflicted on the

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Salam, thanks for responding on my page. You added alot of content to Uthman's article, but I will be a little busy soon, so I will work on it slowly. I am sorry that I cannot help in adding new information, but I think you are already good at that, but I can help and correct all grammar/language. It

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Salam. I have gone through your Uthman article, all the way up to and including the Prophet's final years. Please see my changes and tell if this is ok. I had to join many sentences together, since they were very short. Also, the link to farewell hajj may not work, so you should see to that. What are

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I read over (and corrected) alot of your work when editing the Khalid Bin Walid article. Thank you for a good job. If there is any way you need help when writing (Grammar, sentence structure) please post on my user-page. I would also like to help out in any Islamic-related project you are working on.

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that these groups were in between 500 and 1000 men. He is facing 25,000 to 40,000 Muslims (out of a total of 50,000 Muslim soldiers available). So far you are right and I'm wrong. What is difficult to understand is that there should have been additionally other soldiers bolstering the Byzantine army

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I see your point about Europeans, but it is still wrong because half of the Greeks were not Europeans. Romans was the self designation of many inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire, so they are not really an ethnic group and Franks was just anything Germanic. You should perhaps find out which of their

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I researched a bit about the Byzantine army. I doubt that there were two European armies operating under different command. Probably European is confused with Greek and the two armies are the Asian and the European army augmented by three auxiliary forces (Slavs, Armenians, Arabs). A problem is that

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I leave it to you; you have demonstrated great honor in attempting to find a neutral solution. For the Battle fo Yarmouk, it is said that the Byzantines had 80,000 soldiers against the Arab's 30,000. 30,000 Arab victors can control Palestine far better than 7,500. The Byzantines lost many men there,

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1) All peoples joined the Roman/Byzantine army, and all peoples in the Empire were citizens so there may have been Copt soldiers. The Byzantines had a practice of placing foreign soldiers away from their countries so that they would not rebel. That is why there may or may not have been Copt soldiers

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Wualikumasalam, yes I remember you, good friend! Thank you for your response. I do have some books, which you may find of interest that tell the story from a western point of view. Unfortunatelty, they do not speak of this conflict much, because as you know, the defeated do not glorify such history.

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You either need glasses or have an inability to understand english, all Nicolle mentions is "At this point the Muslims were still outnumbered by four to one" and "Vahan commanded 15,000 to 20,000 troops". From this there can only follow that the Muslim force numbered 5,000 or less at the start of

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Reading page 65 of Nicolle, it merely implies that the Arab army numbered 5,000 at the start of the battle, not that the Byzantine army consisted of 100,000. On the very same page Nicolle states that Vahan commanded only 15,000 to 20,000 troops, so how can you possibly say he implies 100,000? The 4

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There is no doubt that the Arabs won Excellent victories against the Byzantines, and it would put to shame many! However, many other battles were the Byzantines were suppose to have lost hundreds of thousands of men may have been smaller encounters between fleeing Romans and chasing Arabs, with the

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3) Armpour: A very difficult thing to understand. Roman armou has always been changing. In the 5th century, plate armour became less available and instead cheap mail armour was favored. As time progressed, the Byzantine army may have become less standardized as it incoporated a whole lot of peoples

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Salam, I read your message recently. I think you should call the article: The Rashidun Empire, since Islamic Empire could mean the era after or before the one you want to write about. The current article: Rashidun, is more about the Caliphs, and not the empire, so I don't think you should merge the

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I have already requested numerous times that you also stop making edits to wikipedia, you have no relevant education and are content with writing articles based on primary sources only, and quote articles only when they suit your ideas. Please don't revert edits I make that, you would have seen if

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and training is another because these units are not experienced in cooperating. I have serious doubts and would like you to check from which primary source the statement about this rate of Romans to Muslims comes and how reliable it is. 40,000 Muslims facing 100,000 Romans and mercenaries would be

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SVG has its own limitations. The map that you see is accurate to the finest detail. The map has the most accurate scale as I picked it off from Live maps in 3D view. What would be helpful is if you could provide me with the maps Nicolle drew in his book. Yes, I became aware that the camps might be

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to 1 ratio seems to be maintained throughout the battle, however the Byzantines were much more extended because of difficulties with terrain, reducing the advantage of numbers. Moreover, it seems the Arabs kept getting reinforcements, while the Byzantine force was constantly plagued by desertion.

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The Byzantine empire also suffered from frequent plagues and had to suppress some of its population. From archaeological evidence it is known that the men in the military had far better living conditions than the normal inhabitants who had to bear the burden of the constant wars and were thus very

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I have been reelected coordinator and brought up the old discussion about expanding Muslim military history to the present day. This has been an issue raised by Muslim editors when the task force was founded. It would be great if you could help expanding the articles that present what makes Islams

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i saw your comment on al-qadisiyyah. Muhammad himself ordered the first military expeditions outside the arabian peninsula. khalid ibn al-walid led the initial forces directed against the sasanian empire. the history of Tabari would be the best place for you to start, if you would like to find out

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for comparison. The article needs a lot more citations. Try to finish at least every section with a citation where it can be verified. Another issue is that you should use one spelling variant for names, even if several are possible in Arabian, because otherwise a reader not familiar with Semitic

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I don't know who formed the bulk of troops, possibly inhabitants of empire and not foreigners with Greeks in commanding positions. The copts were Egyptians and these had been since Ptolemaic times been second class citizens who didn't partizipate in large numbers in the Roman and later Byzantine

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I have been reading this book and it's quite informative, but I wouldn't count it as a reliable source that should be used on the article. The problem is that it contradicts itself on important issues such as the number of Muslim troops and more important it is not clear what sources were used

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Okay, I read over the Legacy section again and I see where I had misunderstood what was written. It should be clear and correct now. I also fixed a couple of grammar issues that are rather subtle in English but make a big difference in readability. I can see that you are trying hard at your

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holds that the name of the Armenian prince was Vahan, then almost all the other authors commented it to be Vahan. Even al-Tabari (and four other Muslim sources) call him Vahan. It's only A.I. Akram who calls him Mahan. Then why use Mahan all over the article space. Furthermore, 'J' in Arabic

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Thanks for the comments. I will allow the numbers for the time being. I have no other sources to suggest what the Byzantines had in each battle, although I showed you a source saying that the Byzantines had around 150,000 soldiers maximum for all battles. Thank you again for your response,

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Before I forget I must tell you one thing. It says in Michael the Syrian that the Wadi Allan and the Wadi Ruqqad at water flowing at the rate I showed. And another thing, because the map is 3D, it is lying down on the incline. So the area at the top corner is further than it seems. Check

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1-} why they say byzantine empire was weaken by long byzantine-persian wars, although it was finally byzantine who came out victorious from this long war when heraculas conquered back what they lost a decade ago ? i mean an empire fought back whn it is in it form to fight.

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The late Roman Army in the Near East from Diocletian to the Arab Conquest :proceedings of a colloquium held at Potenza, Acerenza and Matera, Italy / May 2005) /edited by Ariel S. Lewin, Pietrina Pellegrini ; with the aid of Zbigniew T. Fiema and Sylvain Janniard., Oxford

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I understand that naturaly you are to have an eastern bias and I a western bias, but many of these battles, many of which were significantly contributed by you, appear to be very poorly made and uncyclopedic - for example, use of the word "enemy" and the following words:

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Nicolle says that Byzatine has only an army of 50,000 men, same number for the Arabs. The 100,000 at Yarmouk were not Byzantine soldiers, but mercenaries. The Empire could have never fielded such an army from its own resources. That's the important point to be made.

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The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: States, Resources and Armies: 3 (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam) / von England) Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam 1989 (London, Averil Cameron, Lawrence I. Conrad, und G. R. D. King von Darwin Pr /

3999:. It needs lots of work to become understandable and it's still far away from being good style. I advise you to use your edits in the English wikipedia to train this langauage a bit. For a start, don't repeat the same words in consecutive sentences. Thank you 1773:. They are very productive editors. They could help. I will drop and fix things, add references, fix spelling etc whenever possible. I will also try to issue few books from library to help you but after two weeks. It is because I have a deadline. Wassalam --- 1434:

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80,000 Byzantines were crushed by 30,000 Arabs. The remainder of the Byzantine soldiers (who would be between 50,000 and 30,000) were used to defend Egypt (which fell in 641 AD) and Anatolia, which the Byzantines did with some success. At the

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The divan system sounds interesting. Please write about it in the article. What is also worth mentioning is that only a small minority were original Byzantine troops, thus the defeat was not that much a catastrophy for the Byzantine defence.

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to 100,000 (more likely because still within a reasonable dimension) or 160,000 men so it outnumbered the Muslims 4:1. Logistics is a real problem with an army of that size and I know of no other battle the Romans fielded such a force except

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you had taken the effort to check the sources, are in fact correct. I know you are a kid on some kind of e-jihad to distort history and blindly believe everything ancient muslim scholars wrote, so I don't care much about your opinion of me.

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Arabs winning. In history, the winners write the records and they probably exaggerated them into being massive battles when they could have been simply small encounters, except with Egypt, Yarmouk and also the battles against the Persians.

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because it provides zero citations. So it is absolutely not up to academic standards and should thus not be treated as a scholarly work. However, there must be scholarly works Nicolle used and these should be used in the article.

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featured article. I have almost all the sources at hand with me and have somehow got my hands on al-Tabari and Michael the Syrian at a library here in Oxford. So the edits are merely promising. Please bear with me. Cheers.

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By the way, Nicolle also gives the Muslim losses as "appaling". Byzantine losses were probably high as well, with their losses increasing by desertion and death of Arab auxiliaries after the retreat was started.

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Take all estimates from reliable sources and give the highest estimate and the lowest estimate of all sources together. I think that is the only possible approach. Internetsites are usually not reliable sources.

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This great warrior has no page. I was wondering whether you would like to get some info on him. He lead the Muslim army in the Battle of Nihawānd, which was the final nail in the coffin for the Persian Empire.

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It was generally assumed that the more numerous side has an advantage. Perhaps add "many wounded" or something like this to the Muslim army. What does merit mention is why the emperor himself was not present.

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I am looking at your 'sandbox6'. Would you like me to go through it, one paragraph at a time ? I am usually online for about one hour a day, so maybe i can go through the entire article in a couple of weeks.

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Don't forget though that the Arabs won some great victories against Persia, and there armour may have been used too. Like all nations, plate armour was available but not so much with the common soldiers.

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I will do my best to improve the spelling and grammar. I greatly appreciate you informing me, I understand that you don't have to tell me but you did so I grateful for this. And keep up the good work!!

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This book states that the Byzantines had about 150,000 men that they could raise and then it fell to 80,000 after the Arab victories, because the Byzantines brought more of their men into the army.

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3-) the population of byzantine empire was about 20 million in 7th century A.D before mmuslim invasion. how large was the standing byzantine army that time ? i mean the regular byzantine troops.

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Sorry again, I had fairly little sleep and time to work on such a complicated topic, but I have the article on my watchlist and will work on it when I have time and can read more on the topic.

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I am informing you this so that ou are aware that I am watching and will be editting these articles with sources not influenced by either the Arabs or the Greeks so that they can be reliable.

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treatment of war effect especially the Muslim warfare. I have been reading a bit on the topic and can help you with advice, but feel myself not confident enough with my limited knowledge.

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Hello, Sir! My name is Fauzul from Indonesia. I am satisfied with your job, doing stories and maps about Khalid bin Walid. Great job! Thank you very much. May Allah bless you.

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Yes, sorry. I read Mahan has 15,000 to 20,000 men, is the supreme commander of the Byzantine force and splits his army into 20 groups. I assume from my knowledge about the

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and did some copy editing. If you'd like, please go back through it and make sure I didn't change anything factual. I enjoyed reading it; it's an excellent history.

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The problem is that there isn't much research on the byzantine military history in the West, although they are the basis for the medieval armies, especially of the

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within reason. Another issue is the vast frontline mentioned by Nicolle, I have doubts whether a Muslim force of 25,000 would be able to man it sufficiently.

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Byantines, and it was a Heroic Muslim/Arab victory. But after that the Romans had few troops remaining in Syria, as they concentrated on keeping Egypt.

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As a matter of courtesy I am advising you that I have placed a {{Copyvio}} notice on the above article, as the author appears to comment that he wrote it

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alphabet more resembles the sound of 'V' than 'M' and the interpretation of the name as Jaban may have had resulted from the real Armenian name 'Vahan'.

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It is much harder to find out the population than the army size. I don't know, but you can estimate it between 100,000 to 200,000 (including the navy).

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2) The Byzantine Empire did win the last war against Persia. However, the reality is that the war was very damaging. It almost ended in defeat, see

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Anyway, the other editor seemed to have asked his friend-type editors to form a consensus, so I will do the same. The Islamic connection here is,

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About your articles ; they are quite good. It is quite neutral and enjoyable to read, but I have an interest in ancient and medieval warfare so!

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but without it redirecting, simply click the edit link at the top and remove the rediect text on the page and insert your article in its place.

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06:42, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Note: You wrote three new articles, and I will inshalla look through each one. Now I am correcting Battle of Chains.

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I admire your honor and your speedy response. Inshalla, that means God willing, right? Take your time, I too am busy. Hope to see you around,

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and, for some time, it has existed on Knowledge (XXG) under the assumption that you created the image and you agreed to license it under the

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Salam, I am practically done with Caliph Uthman article. I will start correcting your userbox7. I feel like i am stalking you, heh heh.

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Just out of interest, was the battle in BC or AD? This needs to be put onto the page to help other people wondering as well as me. --

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require that you are credited for your work, and that people don't relicence the work under a more restrictive licence (this is the

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I know you're on break right now, and I won't change anything until I have your opinion. Please see my comments on the talk page.

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The following books are available on the topic. Unfortunately only one of them is in a library in my country. You can ask at the

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on the talk page. The Persian war ended in 628 AD. The Arab war began in 633 AD. Trust me, 6 years is not enough to reorganize.

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I am thinking you mean userbox, what you do is type {{Userbox|lightblue|lavender|Hi|This user says hi.}} which will produce

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Salam, I only just came back to WP. I will be online regularly for about an hour everyday. What are you working on ?!

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How can i help , please not the help template should be place on your talk page with the problem you are having (

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Recruitment and conscription in the Byzantine army c.550-950 : a study on the origins of the stratiotika ktemata

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I usually edit wikipedia from University when I am studying. Hence I am very slow in good edits. Please contact

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more on this. if you would prefer academic sources, i would recommend Fred Donner's book on the conquest.

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into her armies. No doubt there was some plate armour, but most of it may have been mail armour.

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placed wrongly but do assist me on that. Still don't understand why I need a sandbox :) Cheers.

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dissatisfied. Especially, the wars didn't bring much booty compared to their costs.

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English, and I'm not complaining; you write much better English than I do Urdu.

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So no doubts here, Nicolle is still supporting my views given on the talk page.

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Hi, no-ones actually moved the article, they have just set up a redirect from

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I cannot find sources confirming 200,000 men. Let me know what you have.

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Hi there, I left 3 sources at the article to explain the numbers. Cheers

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for someone else to help you research what is written in these books.

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