Appendix 5 211
II. Slaves,NoTurksMentioned
28.
A-Tabari
(310/923): al-Muetas.im
notesthat hisbrother
al-Ma’mfin ’trained
(#.tanaCa)
fourmenwhoturnedoutexcel-
lently
andIalsotrainedfourmen,butnotoneofthemamounts
to
anything.’
’Whoarethoseyour
brothertrained?’Iasked,andhean-
swered:
’Thir
b.
al-H.usayn--you
sawandheardof
him!AndCAb-
dalffth
b.
Thir--a
manwhoselike
you
willnotsee.And
you
[Abfi’l-ITIusaynIs.hq
b.
Ibrhim]--you
are,
by
God,amanfor
whomthe
government
couldnever
be
compensated.
Andthen
your
brother,
Mubammad
b.Ibrhim--whereistherehislike?
’ButItrainedal-Afshin,andyouhave
seenwhatcameof
him!And
Ashns,
whatacoward.Andtkh,whoisofnoac-
count.And
Was.if,
whoisunreliable.’
"Isaid,’OCommanderoftheFaithful...
your
brothercon-
sideredtheroots andmadeuseofthemandtheirbranches
flourished.ButtheCommanderoftheFaithfulusedbranches
whichdidnotflourishbecause
they
hadnoroots.’-8 (Ta’ffkh
3:1327)
29.
A1-Kindi
(349/961)
and
al-Maqrizi (845/1442):
"Heor-
dered
Kaydfir[thegovernor
in
Egypt]
to
pay
him
homage,
to
dropany
Arabianswhowereonthe
MilitaryRegister
of
Egypt,
andtocutofftheir
militarypay.Kaydfir
didso"(al-Wulzh,p.
193 al-MawCi.z,
1:94).
- Gardizi(ca.442/1050):
"MuCtas.im
wasangry
withCAb-
dallh[b.
Thir].
Thiswasbecauseone
day
whencAbdallhwas
serving
as Ma’mfin’s chamberlain
(.hjib), MuCtas.im
came
to
Ma’mfin’sdoorwitha
group
ofhisown
ghulms
ataninoppor-
tunetime.
’Abdallh said: ’Youare unwelcomehere with so many
ghul[ms.’
"MuCtas.im
replied:
’But
youmaybesitting
with 400
ghulms.
Itis
not
suitablefor
meto
sit
downwith
this
[small]quantity
of
men.’
8.
Adopted
fromE.Marin,The
Reign
ofai-MuCta4.im
(833--842)(New
Haven,
1951),pp.130-31.