210 Appendix 5
withthe
disappearance
ofArabian
groupfeeling,
theannihila-
tionofthe
(Arabian)people,
and
complete
destructionof
(Ara-
bianethnic
pride),
the
caliphate
lostits
identity(andpower)
’’6
(Muq,
1:246/277,280/314-15,
375-76/427).
23.
A1-Maqrizi (845/1442): al-Ma’mfin
"bought
numerous
Turksandincreasedthe
prices
for
them,paying
sometimesas
muchas200,000dirhamsforone
mamlk.His
brother
Abfi
Ish.
8q
al-MuCtas.im
followedhis
example
HeoustedtheArabians
from the
MilitaryRegister
and
stopped
their
pay.
Ever
since,they
havenotreceived
pay[from
the
MilitaryRegister].
"HeintroducedtheTurksintheirstead.HeshedArabian
clothesand
put
onthoseofthenon-Arabians
(CAjam)
Ara-
bianruleceasedtoexistwithhimandbecauseofhim.Sincehis
time,
theTurks
(against
whom
the
Prophet
calledusto
fight)
havebecometherulersofthe
[Muslim]kingdoms.
’’7
(an-Niz8
,
p.63).
24.
A1-Maqrizi
and
as-Suyt.i (911/1505):
"al-MuCtas.im
was
thefirsttoentertheTurksontothe
MilitaryRegister"(as-Sulftk,
16 Ta’rkh
24).
- Ibn
Taghri
Birdi
(874/1470):
"Inthis
year
[220/835],
al-
Mutaim
concerned himselfwith
procuring
Turks. He
sent
[buyers]to
Samarqand,Farghana,
andtheirdistrictsto
purchase
them.He
spentmoney
freelyonthem,dressedtheminvarious
silkbrocadesandbeltsof
gold.Hecontinued
purchasing
them
untiltheirnumberreached8,000mamlfks.Or
18,000,
thebetter
knownnumber"
(an-Nuj(zm,2:233).
- An-Nahrawli (990/1582): "He was the first to enter
Turks onto the
Military Registers. He imitated the Persian
(A?jim)kings.
HisTurkish
ghulms
reached
18,000
in
number.
Hesent
money
to
Samarqand
and
Farghana
to
purchase
Turks.
He
dressedthemin
gold
collarsandbrocade"(al-Al?m,
p.123).
- Diyb
al-Iklidi
(wrote 1100/1688): "He was known as
as-S.affh,
theSecond
becauseherenewedtheAbbasid
kingdom
by
establishing
theTurksashisservilecreatures"
(Acl?zm
an-NSs,
p.256).
6.
AdoptedfromRosenthal’stranslation.
7.
Adopted
from
Ayalon,"Reforms,"p.
24.