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The Battle of Waterloo
In 1940 Britain was an island under siege. The march of the Nazi
war machine seemed unrelenting: Europe had quickly fallen and
now the British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone to
counter the grave threat. However, their fate would not be decided by
armies but by a small band of fighter pilots. It was on their shoulders
that Britains best chance of survival rested. In the skies of southern
England countless dogfights were underway, as the fledgling Fighter
Command duelled daily against the might of the Luftwaffe. Published
to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the conflict, The Battle of
Britain offers an in-depth assessment of the situation leading up to the
summer of 1940. Lavishly illustrated throughout, and accompanied
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that the
could reasonably argue
the biplane lobby, who
monoplanes.
a strong opposition from
than the earliest metal
far more manoeuvrable
the
wooden biplane was
began his research into
authority that Robert Watson-Watt
appointment to
Secondly, it was on his
following Dowdings
radar. Significantly,
early development of
Military
He attended the Royal
1882, the son of a schoolmaster.
Garrison
Dowding was born in
as an officer in the Royal
and was commissioned
62
Academy, Woolwich,
postings including Gibraltar,
he had a number of overseas
on his return to
Artillery. After graduation
skier and polo-player,
India. An enthusiastic
The Royal Flying
Ceylon, Hong Kong and
immediately attractive.
idea of idea of flying
accepted
England he found the
could fly was instantly
in 1912 and anyone who
private tuition.
Corps had been established
of the costs of the initial
of the reimbursement
with his
with the added incentive
generally associated
not
are
that
of persuasion
was accepted
Dowding, using powers
him on credit until he
the flying school to teach
did not have
character, convinced
independent flying school
The
refund.
his
and 40
into the RFC and he received
a total of just one hour
received his ticket after
School
to wait long Dowding
tuition at the Central Flying
a further three months
Britain was at war
minutes in the air. Following
wings. Just weeks later
officially received his
interest in flying
at Upavon, Dowding
officers had pursued an
that point, many army
the declaration
with Germany. Until
of sporting interests. With
had pursued a variety
the RFC.
just as actively as they
required to report to
pilots were immediately
with regular
of war, however, all military
point, and this combined
a senior officer by this
Dowding was already
his rise within the fledgling
in France ensured that
deployment
in
his
Squadron
combat throughout
Commander of No. 16
was appointed Squadron
the RFC, about
RFC was meteoric. He
overall commander of
clashed with Trenchard,
continue to
1915 but he reportedly
duty a fear that would
exhausted by non-stop
to Britain to
the need to rest pilots
1915 he was posted back
the Battle of Britain. In
Chief of
plague him throughout
to Cyril Newall, the future
his frontline position given
Training Command and
in
experience
gained
Staff of the RAF.
and
RAF
officer in the post-war
to the
Dowding became a career
development with a promotion
supply, research and
As the Air
departments of training,
on the Air Council.
in 1933 and an appointment
for two
rank of Air Marshal
Dowding was responsible
for Supply and Research
base of
Council representative
no longer be the structural
he ruled that wood must
stressedkey decisions. First,
of monoplanes with
oversee the development
Spitfire a year later.
fighter aircraft and would
the
and
1935
in
prototype flying
was
metal features, the Hurricane
progression, in fact there
seem to be natural technical
Although this would later
An official photograph
(IWM D 1417)
in the background.
Just three years later another
Lufthansa poster shows
on Germany, and a
a Ju 52attacks
flying over
with greater
onlookers whose 18th-century-style
astonished
role increased in importance
dress is designed contrast
to an offensive
suited
Commands
was morewith
would
aviation. This Ju 52 is
modern
Command who to
for Fighter with
of assuming that Watson-Watt
was found emblazoned
the swastika, as Lufthansamarred by fractious incommander
took the radical step
once the Nazis assumed
on this
days in command were was nationalized
Fighter Command, he
power.final
(akg images)
his entire defence system
dismissal occurred
strategy. In reality, Dowdings
radar system, and based
his eventual enforced
deliver a functioning
Group Commanders and
had been a
fighting
Right:between his
rushed ending to what
one premise.
1936 it was not envisaged
It was a shameful, unnecessarily
claim to be
notice.
to Fighter Command in
littleMilch
Erhard
with
(left) had served as an
Dowding
Dowding could undeniably
When Dowding was appointed
aerial which
observer
defences. By this stage
career, during
in the LuftstreitkrfteAfter
successful
his retirement
pursuing and
a career
dedicated
such a crucial part in Britains
in civil aviation and became
with his
summer of 1940. before
that fighters would play
in that fateful
a devoted
of the Air Council
defences
servant
members
aircraft
Britains
Reich,
of
of
key
the
of
eventually
Third
the architect
promoted Air Inspector
a number
tasked with obtaining
to America,
General
had already alienated
with the rank of Field
what he felt were key components
he was sent briefly
In a Fighter
bizarre twist,
Command
Marshal. skills failed
Milchs father was Jewish
and relentless pursuit of
from
again his diplomatic
years of
Once
but when
uncompromising viewpoints
this threatened to derail
States government.
in 1920 after just two
fledgling career
United
wife
for a
the
his
from
lost
his
with
nominated
the
supplies
was
Nazi party it was revealed
and
He
had tragically
ineptitude
that in
he 1942.
of defence. Dowding
and his siblings had in
fact been fathered by formally retired from the RAF
alone. Many date his social
his mothers uncle, a
him. He eventually
Priory. In his later years
to bring up his infant son
non-Jew. Heofis Bentley
or convince both
shown here in 1934
marriage, leaving him
alongside Theo Osterkamp
title The Lord Dowding
his inability to charm
chose the (right),
contact the
and
Certainly
to
point.
the
baronetcy
First
this
attempted
World War fighter
rapidly
and even
ace, who later
commanded Jagdgeschwader
and lack of patience from
with spiritualism
to his way of thinking
a man
51 during the Battle of
grew increasingly obsessed
he
members of the Air Council
strange occupation for
Britain.
It was a(Bundesarchiv
Command he
183-2008-1016-507)
politicians and his fellow
Bild
an
through various mediums.
After two years at Fighter
pilots
married
dead
He
prospects.
of
war.
of
spirits
career
his
realities
of Staff, the most
became detrimental to
involved with the hard
the position of Chief
causes through
who had been so passionately
himself a candidate for
they championed many
to him in both age and
rightfully considered
campaigner and together
Newall, who was junior
laid to rest in
animal-rights
Cyril
were
active
Instead
ashes
his
RAF.
and
the
of 87
senior position in
died in 1970 at the age
of Fighter
the House of Lords. He
the promotion.
the side
the serving men and women
experience, received
thorny Dowding from
opinion of him among
known
attempt to remove the
Westminster Abbey. The
affection and was commonly
1939, three
Now would begin a relentless
He was held in great
he would retire in June
No. 3
1938 he was told that
Command never wavered.
a Hurricane pilot with
the Munich crisis
11
of the Air Council. In August
Christopher Foxley-Norris,
age of 60. However, following
as a father figure.
by the nickname Stuffy.
retirement
him
to
1939
required
the
referred
March
to
in
years prior
Air Marshal himself,
to Dowding again
almost five
in Europe, Newall wrote
Squadron and a post-war
recalled the following
just the start
and the worsening situation
at Bentley Priory, later
following year. This was
Elizabeth Quayle, a plotter
in his position until the
and asked him to remain
suggested, then postponed,
of the war:
as retirement dates were
decades after the end
Dowdings undoubted
of a stream of correspondence
you might
frustrated with the process.
loyalty to him I think
reality his
and Dowding grew increasingly
enormously. We had great
created ensured that in
loyalty. He was
We all admired our Stuffy
system he had personally
about him but it inspired
the course of
knowledge of the defence
know what there was
clouds gathered and during
of him as an
call it affection ... I dont
doubt whilst the war
a gentleman. We thought
Dowdings
of
always
was
he
position was never in
12
him,
met
the postponement
very remote but if you
it was expected that
we felt that he saved Britain.
primary need.
the Battle itself. However,
officer. And quite frankly
defences remained the
extremely able and dedicated
only as long as Britains
as Bomber
retirement would last
would have to step aside
was secured, Dowding
Once Britains position
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a clock, which
operations room included
direction of the raid. Each
code in red,
with a coordinating colour
timed five-minute sectors
colour
arrows would reflect the
yellow and blue. The direction
when
segment, in other words
from the most recent five-minute
at the table would
updated.Thus a glance
the information was last
within minutes.
available information to
indicate the most current
RAF
WAAF plotter based at
18-year-old
an
was
Jean Mills
information was
later recalled how the
Duxford in 1940. She
received by the plotters:
The Luftwaffe
hear unfamiliar
into because when you
It took quite a lot of getting
a good speed,
headset, coming in at quite
voices coming in over the
with it. It came
fairly hard until youre familiar
you have to concentrate
name of the large
Bertie that would be the
over like Northwest B for
say, one-nine-twoof it and then it would be,
square, the configuration
feet.13
would be 20 aircraft at 10,000
three, 1923, 20 at 10, which
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Introduction
Opposite:
A 1931 Lufthansa poster
with a Junkers Ju 52 passenger
aircraft
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JUNE
suffered
OF LIGNY, 16
French assaults and
THE BATTLE
s
the brunt of the
bore
and other eyewitnes
Here, I Army Corps
al after-action reports
heavily, as the regiment
the village of
was south-west of
accounts make clear.
t,
of the Prussian Army
south-west and south-eas
The deployment
d front facing roughly
of Ligny was
Sombreffe, on a V-shape(see map on page 33.) The village
crops
on a hill offered
tall
of
windmill
fields
a
amid
t of it was Brye, where
south-west were
in the centre; north-wes a vantage-point. To the west and
ters
to south-east,
t
headquar
from north-wes
Blchers
running roughly
the line, and
a line of small villages: St Amand-la-Haye slightly behind
these
,
hedges,
ed by trees and
these were Wagnele
by I Army
built and surround
focus of the fighting
St Amand. Sturdily
they would be the
while III Army
offered strong anchors;
by II Army Corps,
right, supported
reserve.
Corps on the Prussian left and IV Army Corps stayed in
Corps held the Prussian
I Army Corps:
of St Amand.
1st Brigade
up towards the village
ordered
the 1st Bde moved
e, and at 1pm were
At 6am on 16 June
with rations at Sombreff
the first warm food
They were provided
this was probably
Steinmetz
soon as possible;
commander MajGen
to cook a meal as
two days. The brigade
they had had for
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order-of-battle:
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Lieutenant Brochocki
of the 13th
Lancers in service
uniform,
showing the M1919
uniform with
M1920 regimental collar
pennant
badges (here, pink/dark
blue/
pink), and double-zigzag
silver
braid. These replaced
the M1919
dark red cavalry collar
patches in
July 1920. The silver
wire
regimental numeral
below his
rank star on the shoulder
strap
was removed from
field uniform.
As well as the Virtuti
Militari
Silver Cross on his
left breast,
the Cross and Polish
Eagle
commemorating service
in I
Polish Corps in Russia,
1918,
can just be seen on
his right
breast. Many Polish
Tartars
served in this regiment.
(Polish
Institute & Sikorski
Museum,
London)
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then at
2nd Bde at Thuin,
first attacked the
an Landwehr
The advancing French
Bn/2nd Westphali
and forced the Fusilier
28th Inf in the
s fell back on the
Fontaine lEvque,
e, but was
Three of its companie
direction of Marcinell
out of Gerpinnes.
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taken prisoner.
direction of Chtelet;
ridden down and
cavalry at Couillet,
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French
by
Marcinel
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overtaken
cavalry then approach paces long ending at the
300
Groups of French
Inf took
by an embankment
connected to Charleroi Skirmishers from 2nd Co, 1st Bn/6th
embankment,
bridge over the Sambre. in ditches and on the side of the
hedges,
their fire.
up positions behind
the
French cavalry with
of Charleroi, where
and drove back the
started in the suburbs
The French
A little later, fighting Inf held the entrance to the town.
Bn/6th
fire into their
directed artillery
skirmishers of 2nd
and
hill
which they
the windmill
over the bridge,
then drew up on
the Prussians to withdrawthey could against mounting
positions, forcing
long as
on the
and held for as
then barricaded
Gilly, taking up positions were
then fell back on
cannon
Bde
four
2nd
wood;
The
a
in
odds.
the highway
Bn/6th Inf deployed
between there and
slope. The Fusilier
to its right, two more itself opposite the defile from
placed on a ridge
last two on the highway behind hedges and between
up
to Fleurus, with the
s skirmishers drew
Gilly. The battalion
them.
ing action, in which
the guns to cover
a bitter withdraw
then involved in
been in combat
The brigade was
at 11pm, having
It arrived at Ligny
it suffered heavily.
cavalry had
the I Corps reserve
since 6am.
burg) Uhlans from
their flankers
The 3rd (Branden
did so by deploying
the retreat. They
100 troopers
been ordered to cover
3rd Sqns; that night
with the 1st and
in reserve.
and supporting them
with a further 100
were used as pickets,
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tunic has
enlisted shoulder straps,
singlezigzag silver braid along
the front
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and
M1920 purple/white/p
urple
regimental collar pennants.
He
displays the Virtuti Militari
Silver
Cross, and the Military
Cross of
Valour (three awards)
instituted on
11 August 1920. (Polish
Institute
& Sikorski Museum,
London)
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upon the people of
impose their will
for power.
none was able to
an insatiable lust
son of Carlo
opportunist with
third surviving
He was a ruthless
1769, he was the
obtained a
n nobility. Having
Born on 15 August
teau, he
lawyer of Corsica
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Bonaparte, a wealthy
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, reading
French Militar
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scholarship at the
unparalleled success
of
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career
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embarked upon
graduating from
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philosophy, after
la Fre. It was here
de
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history, law and
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sioned into the
artillery, which he
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brought
act
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in Paris. This
Napoleon develop
royalist uprising
ion
1795 during the
earned him promot
demonstrated in
Convention and
n of the National
him to the attentio
dItalie.
elevated
he
the Arme
campaigns in which
to Commander of
the first of many
over the Habsburg
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led success he gained
wealth.
form. The unrival
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influenc
strategy to an art
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secured politica
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and Piedmont armies fund an ill-fated expedition to Egypt,
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capably.
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well liked, he fulfilled
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er 1792, he was
Holland in 1794,
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the French overran
Netherlands. When
that his maternal
king of the United
to Berlin. It was here
ed Baron Jeanfled with his family
of Prussia, appoint
the young prince
II
Friedrich Wilhelm
r, and in 1805 Willem
grandfather, King
as his military governo
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, graduating with
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Victor de Constan
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n Army with the
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sioned
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rank of Lieutenant.
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Rebcque in order
a doctorate in law,
d for Portugal
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nt-colonel he departe
Oxford University.
with the rank of lieutena service in Spain.
British Army, and
t-Rebcque, for
the Duke of
to
Constan
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Baron
ed aide-de
along with
during the
the prince was appoint
Upon his arrival
distinguished himself of colonel.
ber that year he
rank
Wellington. In Septem in October was promoted to the
and
and was present during
fighting at El Bodon,
throughout 1812,
. He was rebuked
the British Army
Badajoz
and
He remained with
Rodrigo
the
Francisco, Ciudad
personally joined
the storming of St
, because he had
Rodrigo
Ciudad
for his conduct at
France
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was a
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tactician
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redoubt. That year
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attack upon the
the siege of Burgos
battle at Salamanca,
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he was rewarded
appointed
of Madrid. Indeed,
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taking the castle
Regent.
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adjutant to the Prince
maintained his distingu
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battle
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service record in 1813,
Sebastian.
the siege of St
on
of Vitoria and
in the Pyrenees, and
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him to
of Wellington sent
5 August the Duke
London
in
dispatches. While
England with the
the British
recognized by
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and on
Sovereign Prince,
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governm
to majorwas promoted
ently
13 December, he
Army. He subsequ
war of
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made
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the French was
Army.
liberati on against
f of the Dutch
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Thoma
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ed to
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lands, being promot almost
Army in the Nether
full general
then
and
position until the
lieuten ant-gen eral,
ter. He held this
immediately thereaf
of Wellington.
diligent service
arrival of the Duke
disputed, and his
never
was
and Belgian troops
His personal bravery
numerous Dutch
to command the
most advisable.
the duke believed
allowed Wellington
Army in a manner
serving with the Allied
Meuse
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. He was knighted
battlefields of Europe
but
England in 1805,
upon his return to
mainly administrative
spent four years in
to
given the chance
roles before being
in
prowess as a leader
demonstrate his
la.
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the Iberian
1814 he achieved
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the
victories against
a string of notable
and
Spain
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Portuga
French forces in
him to the rank
France which elevated
title
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of field marshal
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ton. The financia
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very substantial.
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Comte Pir, were
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troops
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himself from
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15th century,
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from the later
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origin wears
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fabric. His beard
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this wealthy
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century.
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length sleeves
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slave, wears a
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is kept in place
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high-status wearer
century).
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16th century).
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in
role of sufis
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mora
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r continued
personal powe
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rmed the
death confi
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belief
mamluks
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with an eye
should fight
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enthusiastic
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uks were often
khanaqah, tariqa dox
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their
of
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of sufi movementsplaces, despite frequent
ng
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zawiya meeti
us leaders.
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the
relics such as
ulamma religio t of mamluk piety of
veneration of
fs and other
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the early khali
tended
. The tombs,
Muhammad,
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