Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes
The First Military SlaveSystem 151 Turks had a habit of galloping on their horses through Baghdad,disturbing the peace, thus inc ...
152 Origins militaryslavery. Heismade responsible forrelying onthenew type ofsoldiertoo heavily, thus paving theway fora militar ...
TheFirstMilitarySlaveSystem 153 Thedebateover whofirst usedTurksneednot detainus further;whetheritwasal-Mans.far, al-Ma’mfin,or ...
154 Origins ofhis powertoseveralCentralAsians.Theannalsofhis reign echowiththeirnames:Ashns,Itkh, Bughal-Kabir,Was.if, andal-Afs ...
TheFirstMilitarySlave System 155 Ithkh, 6s originallyacook,cameto al-Muetas.im in 199/815. 69 In 222/837 hejoined the long campa ...
156 Origins true, then Bugh al-Kabirwasalready anadultwhenhewasac- quiredby al-MuCtas.im. Was.if 83 hadarole atAmorium andserved ...
TheFirstMilitarySlaveSystem 157 Amorium. 94 They played a majorpart inthe conspiracyagainst al-MuCtas.im of al-Ma’mfn’s son al-C ...
158 Origins introducing themintotheIslamicate polity. Onthe positive side, al-Qazwniquotes Yah. yb.Aktham’sstatementtothemamlks, ...
Chapter Six How Military Slavery First Occurred Defining theuniversalcharacteristicsofa military slave system (systematic acquis ...
160 Origins ing the caliphs tocentralizetheir power. 2 Bosworthofferstwo explanations: theeconomic andcommercialexpansion ofthe ...
How MilitarySlavery FirstOccurred 161 sleptlong intheshadowsof peace and plenty.Eventuallytheygrew accustomedtocivilizationandlo ...
162 Origins poses. ’’12 TheRomaninfluenceonIslamicatecivilizationisboth themost obscure andthe most disputed. 13 In my view, the ...
HowMilitary SlaveryFirstOccurred 163 slavesfor militarypurposes. 19 Soghdiamaintainedanextensive trading network throughout Inne ...
164 Origins WhenaSasanianexpedition totheYemenfought theEthio- pians, aghulzm tookanarrowfromhis master’s quiver, z2 Atthe Battl ...
How MilitarySlavery First Occurred 165 Atthetwomainbattles between Quraysh andthe Muslims, those of Badr and Uh. ud (2-3/624-25) ...
166 Origins Quraysh] said:’LookQuraysh,you haveleft yourghulms with your possessions--they will bethe oneswho take over your cam ...
How MilitarySlaveryFirstOccurred 167 could provide:readily obtainable marginal areasoldiersunder firmcontrol.Thefirsttime theyac ...
168 Origins tribethat paid them.Thecentral government disbursed funds tothetriballeaders,whointurndistributedthemto members ofth ...
HowMilitarySlaveryFirstOccurred 169 isolatetheArabiansin garrisons (m#rs)failedbecausecities grew uparoundthemilitaryencampments ...
170 Origins Perhaps morethan any other conquerors in history, Arabians desertedtheirhomelandtosettle in vanquished territories. ...
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