[Sca-cooks] Turkish travel food (trail mix)

[Terry Decker]

The Ayyubid Sultanate controlled the area from Syria to Yemen and into
Egypt.  I don't believe that it formally controlled east into Iraq.

 The Seljuk Turks took control of Baghdad from the Persians in the 11th
Century subordinating the Caliphate but leaving it in place.  The Seljuks
were assimilated by the local population.  The Caliphate ended with the
Mongol invasion of 1258.  Control of the region fell to the Tartars under
Tamerlane at the end of the 14th Century.   By 1220, the rulers of Baghdad
were Seljuks in the same way the Normans were Norsemen, remotely.

Of course, someone with a better grasp of the region's history might provide
a better answer.

Bear


> The cookbook in question was written in the 1220's, at which point I
> think Baghdad, along with Egypt and much of the rest of the Middle
> East, was controlled by the Ayyubids, who were Kurds. The Seljuks
> were dominant somewhat earlier and the Ottomans considerably later.
>
> But in any case, the cuisine isn't determined by the nationality of
> the rulers. At least, I wouldn't describe the cuisine typical of
> Bombay c. 1900 as English.
>
> >Psst int he 13th C. The Turks owned almost all of the Middle East...
> >Just thought I would point that out lol the 2 in that area of
> >time... through to about 1650 are.... interwoven.
> >
> >Chass of Rundel of Ansteorra aka of the SCA aka
> >Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable Chariot
> >Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark (Have you seen my
> >Belaying Pin??)
> >Maison Du Corsaire Rouge
> >Muddeler of Mead, Ailment of Ale, Whiner of wine.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >>>That's our recipe for Hais from the _Miscellany_--verbatim. What's
> >>>the web page--if they don't credit the source I'll write them
> >>>about it.
> >>>
> >>>It isn't Turkish. The recipe is from al-Baghdadi, which is 13th c.
> >>>middle eastern.
> >>>
> >
> >
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