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lowed
[himandhissuccessoral-Mahd]
in
thispractice"
(La.t’if
al-MaC(rif,p.
20).
13.
A1-Khat.ib
al-Baghdfidi (463/1071):
"When
al-MuCtas.im
had
completed
his
acquisitions
and hadsometensofthousands
ofTurkish
ghulms--50,O00nosebagshung
fromhorses,
nags,
and
mules--they
humbledthe
enemy
in every
direction.A1-
MuCta.sim’s
desiresweresuddenlysatisfied."
Amonksaidto
al-Mutas.im:
"A
king
whosesoldiersare
mostly
thesonsoffornicationwillenterAmorium."
A1-Muta.sim
replied:"By
God,Iamthat
king,
formost
of
my
army
are thesons of
fornication--they
areTurks and non-
Arabians
(Ae[zjim)
(Ta’rkh
Baghdad,
3:346,
344-45).
14.
Niz.fim
al-Mulk(485/1092):"OftheAbbasid
caliphs,
none
had
such
authority,
such
dignity,
sucha
profusion
of
wealthas
Mutas.im;
nordid
any
ownas
many
Turkishbandesashe.
They
say
hehad
70,000
Turkish
ghul(zms;many
ofhis
ghul(tms
he
ap-
pointed
to
governorships.
He
always
usedto
say
that
there
was
none
liketheTurk
forservice"
(SiySsetnmeh,p.
57/50).
- Ibnal-Imrni
(580/1175):a
variant
replyby
al-MuCtas.im
tothe samemonkasin
al-Kha.tibal-Baghdfidi’s
version:
"By
God,
my
whole
army
isdominated
by
Turks andallTurksare
the sonsof fornication.
They
have no lawor
politics (lays8
baynahumshaffawal
siySsa)"
(al-Anb’,
p.
106).
16.
Al-Uynwa’l-H,
ad’iq
(6th/12th
century)
andIbnal-Athfr
(630/1233):
"He increased the numberofTurkish
ghulms"
(3:381 IA,
6:452).
- Ibn Badrn’s
(608/1211)commentary
onIbnAbdfin’s
(529/1134)poem:
Poem:"TheAbbasid
dynasty
fell."
Commentary:
"Thisreferstothedomination
by
theTurkish
abds.
It
got
sothatthe’abdscouldkillAbbasidsatwillandcould
enthroneor
depose
them."
Poem:"Asaresultofthe
hypocrisy
ofbrownand
white."
Commentary:"TheAbbasidswere
overpoweredby
thenum-
beroftheirCabdsandthe’abds’abilitieswith
weapons
This
occurredatthedeathof
al-Wfithiq
b.
al-MuCtas.im
in232/847.
"Jaefar
al-Mans.fir
wasthefirstto
acquire
them.
He
acquired
a