Download or read book Protectors or Praetorians? written by Carl F. Petry and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-11-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burdened by irremedial bankruptcy and endemic sedition, he initiated the first steps toward innovation since the architects of the Mamluk system founded the regime during the thirteenth century.