Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes
TheUnfreein MuslimWarfare, 2-205/624-820 131 mawlain chargeofeitherhisorhisson’s bodyguard(.haras), of- fered threeor four thous ...
132 Origins haveencouragedhisenemies’ slavestodeserttheirmastersand to fight for theAbbasidsina separate corps? 67 Theyfought in ...
TheUnfreeinMuslimWarfare,2-205/624-820 133 largearmy suppressed the revolt by killing "18,000 persons: pure Arabians,their slave ...
134 Origins the revolt, so Ibn Abi S.abra consultedwith the notables of Medinaabout plans forfutureactions. Hefeared al-Mans.ffr ...
TheUnfree inMuslim Warfare, 2-205/624-820 135 ledbyamawlawhothenrebelled against the caliph, ls6 Another mawla rebelled Khfiriji ...
136 Origins nextyear mawlas again took part as troops, and oneleda regi- mentofathousandsoldiers. 19 Amawl amral-mu’minncom- man ...
The UnfreeinMuslimWarfare,2-205/624-820 137 deserves study, particularly sinceheseems tohavecomefrom lowly origins. Therebellion ...
138 Origins withthe figure ofhalfamillionabove,Ilittle understandthis huge number. Bothal-Aminand al-Ma’mSn employed mawlasdurin ...
TheUnfreeinMuslimWarfare, 2-205/624-820 139 vance guardagainst Ankara in 159/776. 2 Rabi b. Yfinis,a mawlaandoneofthemostrenowne ...
Chapter Five The First Military Slave System Slavesandmawlas foughtrightfromthebirthofIslam through to 205/820; yet the manyexam ...
TheFirst Military Slave System 141 cUthmnowned1,000mamlks,andononeoccasionheman- umitted 80 ina singleday; thefatherofIbn az-Zub ...
142 Origins KhumsoftencamefromNorthAfrica.Mfisb.Nus.ayrsent 60,000 captives tocAbdal-Malik,30,000or40,000toal-Walid I in95/714,a ...
TheFirst MilitarySlaveSystem 143 WhenMarwnb. Muh. ammad(laterMarwanII)invadedAr- meniainthe early120/740s,he signedmany treaties ...
144 Origins mamlks. Na.sr bought them (presumably inKhurasan) andhad them dispatched, asrequested. 2; Itishardtoassess the impor ...
TheFirst Military Slave System 145 al-Mans.fir wasthefirst caliph toacquire Turks. Heacquired H. ammad and then Caliph al-Mahdi ...
146 AI-Ma’mOnandAI-MuCta.sim, 198-227/813-42 Origins Thesetwo caliphs andbrothersundertookto acquire slaves in a systematic and ...
The First Military SlaveSystem 147 Prices are generally unknown; only the highest oneshave beenrecorded.Thesourcesnote withaweth ...
148 Origins quisition effort;twoanecdotesmention 400 slavesinconnection withal-Ma’mfin (30,33). Besidesthenumbersofslaveshe pos- ...
The FirstMilitary SlaveSystem 149 a military slavefrom aboutthis period, thatof Ah. mad.b. Tfdfin (born in 220/835), 4 emphasize ...
150 Origins professionalism of military slavesas part ofa general transition from tribalto professional warfare,fromwarriorstoso ...
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