Askari Nobles heavy cavalry The Arab equivalent of a Feudal Knight, these warriors possess the same martial spirit as their foe's, possessing a greater mobility though lacking their rival's tremendous charge.
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Royal Mamluk Cavalry heavy cavalry The heaviest Ayyubid cavalry able to charge down nearly all kinds of foot soldiers.
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Dhiqan Lancers heavy cavalry Medium cavalry armed with lance and sword.
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Ghulam Cavalry heavy cavalry Strong cavalry whose penertrating charges will wreak havoc on the enemy front line.
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Kurdish Peshmerga heavy cavalry Motivated, well armored medium shock cavalry best served in fighting other horsemen.
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Sultans Guard heavy cavalry Crusaders and many other foes seek the ultimate glory of slaying an Ayyubid general. These fierce bodyguards will make sure this doesn’t happen easily.
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Junior Ghulam Horse Archers missile cavalry Raw Horse Archers, it make take a few battles for them to develop the necesssary skills to perform brilliantly.
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Jagirdar Horse Archers missile cavalry Medium Horse Archers armed with Composite Bow and Mace, capable in melee once their foe has been softened up.
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Qara-Ghulam Cavalry missile cavalry Light and swift horse archers armed with a composite bow.
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Saracen Swordsmen heavy infantry Elite guards of the Emir.
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Thaqlah Infantry heavy infantry Fierce axemen armoured in mail and brigandine, able to lead a devastating charge.
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Soomro Kshatriya Warriors light infantry Mobile medium infantry armed with straight sword and javelins, strong on offense and in support of defending spearmen.
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Dismounted Tawashi heavy infantry Armoured in lamellar and armed with maces these troops are ideal for storming the walls of an enemy settlement.
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Mutatawwi'a Warriors spearmen infantry Well armored and highly motivated religious volunteers of military experience, participating in the age old tradition of the Jihad in defense of the Dar al-Islam.
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Nubian Spearmen spearmen infantry African light spearmen.
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Mamluk Heavy Archers missile infantry Mamluks are slave warriors imported and given rigorous training. A disciplined and able force, able to quickly dissolve an enemy in showers of arrows and peril.
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Naffatun missile infantry These men throw deadly pots of flaming Naphtha that can seep through any armour.
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Nubian Archers missile infantry Skilled african archers. The low-level missile infantry of choice for the Abbasids and Ayyubids.
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Mutatawwi'a Huntsmen missile infantry Lacking in any armor, and lucky if they receive any training, these archers are not very useful.
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Trebuchet missile siege Giant rock flinging artillery piece. Capable of flaming and normal shot. Also able to fling diseased cows!
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