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

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.