Editing Arquebus (section)

===Mamluks===
The [[Mamluks]] in particular were conservatively against the incorporation of gunpowder weapons. When faced with cannons and arquebuses wielded by the Ottomans they criticized them thus, "God curse the man who invented them, and God curse the man who fires on Muslims with them."{{sfn|Partington|1999|p=208}} Insults were also levied against the Ottomans for having "brought with you this contrivance artfully devised by the Christians of Europe when they were incapable of meeting the Muslim armies on the battlefield".{{sfn|Partington|1999|p=208}} Similarly, [[musketeer]]s and musket-wielding infantrymen were despised in society by the [[feudal]] [[knight]]s, even until the time of [[Miguel de Cervantes]] (1547–1616).{{sfn|Khan|2004}} Eventually the Mamluks under [[Qaitbay]] were ordered in 1489 to train in the use of ''al-bunduq al-rasas'' (arquebuses). However, in 1514 an Ottoman army of 12,000 soldiers wielding arquebuses devastated a much larger Mamluk army.{{sfn|Partington|1999|p=208}} The arquebus had become a common infantry weapon by the 16th century due to its relative cheapness—a helmet, breastplate and pike cost about three and a quarter ducats while an arquebus only a little over one ducat.{{sfn|Purton|2010|p=422}}{{sfn|Arnold|2001|p=44}} Another advantage of arquebuses over other equipment and weapons was its short training period. While a bow potentially took years to master, an effective arquebusier could be trained in just two weeks.{{sfn|Arnold|2001|p=74}}