The Role of Military Equipment in Laying the Foundations of the Abbasid State

The Abbasid land army is the army and the military that protects the Abbasid borders for its sprawling state. It is the fortress for everyone who tried to overtake the Abbasid state until the Mongols came. The army lost and Baghdad was conquered at that time. The Abbasid land army consists of the regular army, the volunteer army, the war army, the followers and those stationed in the frontiers, and the warships In the Abbasid era, various types, including small, fast-moving ships for maneuvers and reconnaissance, including large ships called castles, used to transport soldiers, ammunition, supplies and equipment, and medium-sized ones, used to throw missiles from oil and others, called burners.The importance of the study comes from addressing an important topic of Islamic sovereignty, which is the military forces or the army because of its role in establishing the foundations of the state, extending security and order in its territories, extending its control through conquests, and its role in managing the conquered countries, and spreading Islam. As for the problem of the study, it is based on a statement that the weapon in Islam is not for arrogance in the land, nor is it a means of dominating others and infringing on their rights, but rather it is the number of Muslims in the face of the enemies of God and humanity, and Islamic war is the necessity of defending tyranny, liberating human beings, establishing justice and maintaining balance. The original question for the study is: What is the role of military equipment in laying the foundations of the Abbasid state from 132-232 AH?, and the original hypothesis is that the Abbasid army in the first Abbasid era used equipment that was used in the early days of Islam and the Umayyad era, and some weapons developed in the Abbasid era were used. The first or that he took from other countries and nations, the Abbasids used incendiary oil fires and catapults, as al-Ma’mun used them in the siege of Baghdad in the war between him and al-Amin. The wicker, and the piles of any reed mats, and Qirt and shit with pebbles and sand, were used by the cavalry, and the skis, and the herds were used to demolish the walls.The study aims to highlight the role of the Abbasids in organizing the military, because of its role in highlighting the prestige of the sprawling state, defending its borders, demonstrating its strength, and clarifying the land and sea military capabilities of the Abbasid state, by addressing the army’s organizations, leaders, types, weapons, mobilization, and development The role of the military in the political system.Our study used the historical investigative method in studying and presenting historical data and events, where the historical method contributes to addressing the present problems in the light of previous information, with the possibility of predicting what is going to be in the future in light of the successive time variables on the problem under study.