Shouldn't the Beja and the Nubians get Camelry? Both were know for having numerous very good camelry during this period. The Nubian camelry may have been Beja auxiliaries, it's not clear. But they are recorded fighting the Arabs in the 9th century and the Mamluks in the 13th. Nubian and Beja camelry differed from the Arabs in that they generally preferred to fight mounted charging to contact. (Except for Bedouin raiders in skirmishes, Arab camelry generally dismounted prior to combat and fought as infantry. The Arabs tended to use camels for strategic mobility not any tactical role.)
Nubian archery was also noted by the Arabs as being devastating. (They called an early battle against the Nubians the Battle of the Eyes or some such as so many Arabs were blinded by Nubian archery during it. Nubian slave soldiers - some provided by the Baqt - were used as elite archers in Egyptian and other Arab armies of the period.)
I think the Beja cultural troop should be camelry and the Nubians either camelry or archers. The Nubian band should be 30% archers, 30% light infantry, 20% light cavalry and 20% camelry, although if you are trying to use it to represent the 'Abid in Muslim service then it would be 50% archers and 50% heavy infantry.
The Nubian military tradition was quite distinct form Abyssinia. The former owed much to Greek ideas and organization. After Abyssinia lost its coast in the 9th century it really became a military backwater having trouble with pagan raiders but being protected by its inaccessible mountain geography from Arab military interest.
Also, I thought the Baqt was paid by the three Nubian kingdoms, not Abyssinians and not the Beja.
Nubian archery was also noted by the Arabs as being devastating. (They called an early battle against the Nubians the Battle of the Eyes or some such as so many Arabs were blinded by Nubian archery during it. Nubian slave soldiers - some provided by the Baqt - were used as elite archers in Egyptian and other Arab armies of the period.)
I think the Beja cultural troop should be camelry and the Nubians either camelry or archers. The Nubian band should be 30% archers, 30% light infantry, 20% light cavalry and 20% camelry, although if you are trying to use it to represent the 'Abid in Muslim service then it would be 50% archers and 50% heavy infantry.
The Nubian military tradition was quite distinct form Abyssinia. The former owed much to Greek ideas and organization. After Abyssinia lost its coast in the 9th century it really became a military backwater having trouble with pagan raiders but being protected by its inaccessible mountain geography from Arab military interest.
Also, I thought the Baqt was paid by the three Nubian kingdoms, not Abyssinians and not the Beja.
