Slave Soldiers and Islam_ The Genesis of a Military System - Daniel Pipes

Index

powerby,

10,12,18,20,21,23;

bonds

with

masters,

8

(see

also

Slave-masterrelationship);

career

patterns,

xix;characteristicsshared

withunfreein

early

Islam,191-92;

combatagainstconationals,90;

control

over,89-93;

definitionand

term,

5-6;differedfrom

govern-

mentslaves,11-12,23;differed

from

ordinary

slavesinwarfare,

6-12,23;first

large-scaleexpedi-

tionof,51;foreshadowedbyfight-

ing

mawlas,182-93;

geographic

sourcesof,7;

identity

changein,

89,90;

importance

of,50,150;

indoctrinationof,89,90;inIslam-

dom,examples,45-53;language

and

religionof,

8n8;life

pattern

of,

xix,6-7;

loyalty

of,8,89,90;man-

umissionand,21-22;marginalarea

soldiersrecruitedas,85-93;

Mus-

lim

useof,

45-53;non-Muslimuse

of,36-45;ownershipof,

6-7,I0;

part

of

ruling

elite,10, 16,91;as

politicalagents,

92;

positions

of

authority

held

by,

12,154-57;

pricesof,147;problems

in

acquisi-

tionof,88-89;as

professional

sol-

diers,

10,149-51;

qualitiessought

in,7-8;recruitmentof,7,8,39;re-

sponsibilitiesgiven

to,7,8;roleof,

3,45-46,52;asrulers,23,48, 49,

51,52-53,66;

self-manumissionof,

18-23;statusof,10;tradein,7;

training

of,9,91-92,148-49,199,

202;astrueslaves,12-23;youth

important,

8.Seealso

Marginal

area

soldiers;

Mawlas;Slaves;Unfree,

the

Mingdynasty,

37

Miskawayh, 207

Mongols,66,123;

ended

caliphate,

67;

military

slavesof,310_32;

siege

strategy

of, 30

Morocco,3, 187

241

Mosul,132-33, 155

MuCfiwiya(caliph),66,114-15,

121,

144o.28,

186

MuCSwiya

b.CAbdallh, 130

MufiwiyaII(caliph), 117

Mubrakat-Turki,

137

Mughaldynasty,

50,61, 92

Mughira

b.Shueba, 114

Mughith

(mawla),126-27

Mu.hammad(prophet),

xxii,xxiii,33,

64,165,187n103,204;deathof,

65;prophet

and

statesman,

63;

slavesof,140;unfreeinwarfare

under,93,107,109-13

Muh.ammad

b.cAbdallSh,133,

135-36

Muh.

ammad

Ali,

51, 81

Muh.

ammadb.

H.

ammdb.Danfash,

156

MuCizzi

dynasty,22,

49

Mukhtr,

al-{death

of,186;rebellion

of,117-19,190;unfree

fighting

against,

120

Mulabbad

b..Harmala,

135

Mu’nis,al-(general),22n28

Muraysi

c,

al-,

187n103

MuCab

b.

az-Zubayr,

119

Mtasfab.Nus.ayr,123,124-25,141,

142

Musaylama(falseprophet),

112, 166

Muscovy:government

slavesin,11;

slavesinwarfarein,32,33,36-37

Muslimb.Dhakwan,129n145, 130

Muslims:

alienation

of,

fromtheir

rulers,

70-72;Arabiansenrolledas,

113-14;concentrationof,onpri-

vateaffairs,73-75;description

of

military

slaveryinwritingsof,

199-202;didnotrecognize

slave

soldiersasdistinct

type

ofslave,xx,

5,69;enemiesof,72-73;expan-

sionof,123,177,178;failure

of

political/military

realitiestomeet

idealsof,64-69,70,

75,

99,

193;

historyof,xiii-xv,

3-4;Islamicate