TheFirstMilitarySlave
System
155
Ithkh,
6s
originallyacook,cameto
al-Muetas.im
in
199/815.
69
In 222/837
hejoined
the
long campaign (220-23/835-38)
against
thePersianrebelBabk.
7
A
year
laterheledthe
right
wing
toAmoriumandthentheTurksand
Farghanians
atthe
battlethere.
71
In
225/840
hebecamegovernoroftheYemen,
butthatsame
year
wealsohavea
report,
thathestood
guard
at
al-MuCta.sim’s
doorway,
2
sothistoowas
probably
an
honorary
appointment.
Two
years
laterhe
fought
arebelnearMosul.
73
Soonafter
al-MuCtas.im’s
deathhe
acquired
the
importantposi-
tionof
governor
ofKhurasan;
TM
al-Mutawakkilhadhimexe-
cutedin234/849.
75
Firstmentionof
Bugh
al-Kabir
9
comesin
210/825
whenhe
took
possession
ofsomeoneelse’slands.
7
He
brought
reliefto
theAbbasid
troopsfighting
BSbSkin
220/835
andayearlater
led
troops
onhisown.
8
Heledthe
rearguard
bothtoandfrom
Amorium;
9
andheserved
al-Mutas.im
aschamberlain
(.h?jib).
After
al-Mutas.im’s
reign,
Bugh$
al-Kabirfilledseveral
impor-
tant
positions.
Hedied
in
248/862.
sl
Oneaccount
says
thathe
lovedwarfareanddiedatover
ninety(lunar)years;
82
ifthisis
68.tfikhcalled Turk:
T,3:1306,
1327;
MDh,4:60;
TYae,
2:479,481,485;
BalCami,4:524;ITB,2:243,255,265,274.
Khazar:T,3:1383,ITB,2:276.Ghulm:T,3:1383.Mamlk:KB,
p.256;ITB,
2:276.Mawlamral-mu’minn:
Balog,pp.
246,248.
Onhiscareer,seeH.D.Yfldlz;"Abbasilerdevrinde
T/irk
kumandanlar,"
istanbulTarihEnstitiii
Dergisi 2 (1974):
51-58.
Thisis
part
2 ofthearticle.
69.
T,3:1234,1383;TMaw,p.424.
70.T,3:1195.
71.
T,3:1236,1250.
72.
T,
3:1303,1307,1327.
73.T,3:1322.
74.TYac,2:479.
75.T,3:1383-87;ITB,2:276.
76.
Bugh$
al-KabircalledaTurk:T,3:1313;TYa
,
2:478;ITB,2:218,327.
77.T,3:1085.
78.
T,3:1174,
1186-93.
79.TMaw,
p.
427;T,3:1261.
80.Tanbh,
p.
356;
Eutychius,
2:61
(but
noton
p.284).
81.T,3:1506;ITB,2:327.
82.
ITB,
2:327.